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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Contraction of you ones or ye ones. Compare you-uns, yens.
Pronoun
yinz
- (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 勻 (MC ywin).
Adjective
yinz (1957–1982 spelling yinƨ)
- even; well-proportioned
Etymology 2
From Chinese 寅 (MC yin).
Noun
yinz (1957–1982 spelling yinƨ)
- third earthly branch
See also
- (Chinese earthly branches) ceij, couj, yinz, maux, saenz, ceih, ngux, feih, saen, youx, swt, haih (Category: za:Chinese earthly branches)