yeh

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• IPA^(key): [jɛ], [jɛː], [jɛə]

yeh

1. (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of yeah; yes.

• IPA^(key): /jə/, (narrowly) [jɛ]

yeh

1. (dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of you.
   • 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

     ‘Budge up, yeh great lump,’ said the stranger.

• Hey, hey, hye

yeh

1. alternative spelling of yéh

yeh

1. (emphatic) he, she, it

• yehhuatl

yeh

1. (Southern Scots) alternative form of ae (“one”)

   Jist the yeh for mei, ta.

   Just the one for me, thanks.

• “yeh, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.