lethel

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English lettele, litel, from Old English lȳtel, from Proto-West Germanic *lūtil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛt̪əl/, /ˈlɪt̪əl/, /lɪˈt̪aː/, /lɪˈt̪ɛː/

Adjective

lethel

  1. little
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Lethel vinger.
      Little finger.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 53
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