yuh
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- ya (also nonstandard)
Pronoun
yuhCategory:English lemmas#YUHCategory:English pronouns#YUHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#YUHCategory:Pages with entries#YUHCategory:Pages with 4 entries#YUH
- (chiefly JamaicaCategory:Jamaican English#YUH) you
Etymology 2
Interjection
yuhCategory:English lemmas#YUHCategory:English interjections#YUHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#YUHCategory:Pages with entries#YUHCategory:Pages with 4 entries#YUH
- (slangCategory:English slang#YUH) Alternative form of yeah.
See also
Gullah
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jə/, /jɒ/Category:Gullah terms with IPA pronunciation#YUH
Etymology 1
From EnglishCategory:Gullah terms derived from English#YUH here.
Adverb
yuhCategory:Gullah lemmas#YUHCategory:Gullah adverbs#YUHCategory:Gullah entries with incorrect language header#YUHCategory:Pages with entries#YUHCategory:Pages with 4 entries#YUH
Etymology 2
From EnglishCategory:Gullah terms derived from English#YUH you.
Determiner
yuhCategory:Gullah lemmas#YUHCategory:Gullah determiners#YUHCategory:Gullah entries with incorrect language header#YUHCategory:Pages with entries#YUHCategory:Pages with 4 entries#YUH
- (second-person singular) your
Pronoun
yuhCategory:Gullah lemmas#YUHCategory:Gullah pronouns#YUHCategory:Gullah entries with incorrect language header#YUHCategory:Pages with entries#YUHCategory:Pages with 4 entries#YUH
- (second-person singular) you
- usage note: used in all contexts, including subject and object
Inflection
Usage notes
- Gullah Geechee distinguishes between singular yuh and plural oonuh.
References
- Virginia Mixson Geraty, Gulluh fuh oonuh: Gullah for You (1997)
- Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)
- Seminole Indian Scouts Cemetery Association. Afro-Seminole Creole Wikitongues Language Class
- David B. Frank. Gullah Grammar Sketch
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Jamaican Creole terms derived from English#YUH you.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjʌ/, /ˈjʊ/Category:Jamaican Creole terms with IPA pronunciation#YUH
- Hyphenation: yuh
Pronoun
yuhCategory:Jamaican Creole lemmas#YUHCategory:Jamaican Creole pronouns#YUHCategory:Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header#YUHCategory:Pages with entries#YUHCategory:Pages with 4 entries#YUH
- (in the singular) you
- Yuh nuh have nuh sense. ― You're silly.Category:Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples#YUH
- 1998, Kevin O'Brien Chang, Wayne Chen, Reggae Routes: The Story of Jamaican Music (in English), →ISBN, page 66:
- “Meck me get it straight Mass CharlieCategory:Jamaican Creole terms with quotations#YUH
For me no quite undastan,
Yuh gwine kill all English dialect
Or jus Jamaica one? […] ”- Let me get it straight Mr. Charlie
Because I don't quite understand,
Are you going to kill all English dialects?
Or just Jamaica's? […]
- Let me get it straight Mr. Charlie
- (in the singular) your
- Keep yuh hands a yuh side. ― Keep your hands by your side.Category:Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples#YUH
- 2017, Marcia Layne, Off Camera (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN:
- “PASSION: Yu wud trus me wid yuh wheels?Category:Jamaican Creole terms with quotations#YUH
RAS SIMI: Boss, me wud trus yu wid me life. […] ”- PASSION: Would you trust me with your wheels?
RAS SIMI: Boss, I'd trust you with my life. […]
- PASSION: Would you trust me with your wheels?
Usage notes
- Jamaican Creole marks a distinction between singular yuh and plural unnu.
Related terms
Further reading
- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 621
- yuh – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary
Turkish
Pronunciation
Interjection
yuhCategory:Turkish lemmas#YUHCategory:Turkish interjections#YUHCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#YUHCategory:Pages with entries#YUHCategory:Pages with 4 entries#YUH
- (vulgarCategory:Turkish vulgarities#YUH) Interjection expressing surprise