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Yola
Etymology
Derived from Middle English teiȝte (“taught”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ee-teight
- past participle of teach
1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 86:Mot w'all aar boust, hi soon was ee-teight- But with all their bravado they were soon taught
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 86