yinz
English
Alternative forms
- yins, yuns, yunz (spelling varies by speaker)
Etymology
Contraction of you ones or ye ones. Compare you-uns, yens.
Pronoun
yinz (US, dialectal, especially Western Pennsylvania and Appalachia)
- (in the plural) You.
Synonyms
- see the list of other second-person pronouns in you
Zhuang
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /jin˧˩/
- Tone numbers: yin2
- Hyphenation: yinz
Etymology 1
Adjective
yinz (1957–1982 spelling yinƨ)
Etymology 2
Noun
yinz (1957–1982 spelling yinƨ)
- third earthly branch