yere
English
Etymology 1
From ye analogous to your<you.
Pronunciation
- Strong form: IPA(key): /jiəɹ/, IPA(key): /iəɹ/; Weak form: IPA(key): /jɪɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Pronoun
yere (possessive)
- (Ireland) your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye
- 2001, Martin McDonagh, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Scene 8:
- What I want ye to remember, as the bullets come out through yere foreheads, is […]
- 2012 Kerry O'Shea Edinburgh’s Fringe festival thinks The Rubberbandits are English IrishCentral 27 July 2012:
- The Rubberbandits took to their Twitter (@Rubberbandits) on Tuesday in the wake of the Fringe fest’s apparent typo saying that, “@edfringe As much as we'd love to swear allegiance to Lizzie. Could ye change our country of origin from "England" to Ireland on yere site?” (sic)
- 2012 July 28, Christy O'Connor, “The first great rivalry of the 21st century”, in Irish Independent:
- "I've been listening to yere s**** there all day about how great ye are," he told them. "Who the hell do ye think ye are with yere two All-Irelands and one ambush?"
Usage notes
Especially in the south and west of Ireland. The yod-dropping pronunciation is more dialectal.
Etymology 2
Noun
yere (plural yeres)
- Obsolete spelling of year.
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
yere
- alternative form of ere (“ear”)
Etymology 2
Noun
yere
- alternative form of yeer (“year”)
Spanish
Verb
yere
- inflection of yerar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Verb
yere
- To hear
- 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore[1], New York: Columbia University Press, page 424:
- Bɔfru dɛ krei̯, Dia dɛ krei̯, Tamanwa 'ɛ krei̯. Nō mō ala den meti 'ɛ gowe wą' wą'. Nō mō Hagu drapɛ, 'ɛ bari, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / Mi yɛre suma dɛdɛ, / Ma karaki dɛ bro.’
- [Bofru e krei, Dia e krei, Tamanwa e krei. Nomo ala den meti e gwe wanwan. Nomo Agu drape e bari, 'Bia, bia, bia / Mi yere suma dede / Ma karaki e bro.']
- Buffalo was crying, Deer was crying, Anteater was crying. No sooner did all the animals go away one by one, than Hog called out, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / I hear a person died, / But his backside breathes.’
Turkish
Noun
yere
- dative singular of yer
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- jèrè (Ào)
Etymology
Probably from Edo yee (“to remember”), it is being replaced by rántí among younger speakers
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jè.ɾè/
Verb
yèrè
- (chiefly CY and SEY) to remember
- (chiefly CY and SEY, transitive) to remind
- Synonyms: yèlérè, rán létí
Derived terms
- ùyèrè (“remembrance”)
- yèlérè (“to remind”)