zumthin'

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English somþyng, from Old English sum þing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zʊmˈθiːn/

Pronoun

zumthin'

  1. something
    • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:
      Fad didn't thou cum t' ouz phen w'ad zumthin to yive?
      [Why didn't you come to us when we had something to give?]

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 131
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