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

  1. (US, dialectal, especially Western Pennsylvania and Appalachia) you (plural).

Synonyms

  • see the list of other second-person pronouns in you

Zhuang

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Chinese (MC ywin).

Adjective

yinz (1957–1982 spelling yinƨ)

  1. even; well-proportioned

Etymology 2

From Chinese (MC yin).

Noun

yinz (1957–1982 spelling yinƨ)

  1. third earthly branch

See also

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