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English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adverb
yis (not comparable)
- Pronunciation spelling of yes.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Pronoun
yis
- (Ireland, especially Dublin) Alternative form of yous
Anagrams
Hausa
Etymology
Borrowed from English yeast.
Pronunciation
Noun
yîs m
- yeast
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English ġīse, ġēse; equivalent to Old English ġēa + sīe.
Pronunciation
Interjection
yis
- yes
- yes, yesse, yus, yhis, ȝis, ȝise, ȝisse, ȝes, ȝeis, ȝeisse, ȝeus, ȝus, ȝuse, ȝhis, ȝys, ȝyse, ȝysse, ȝeys, ȝeysse, ȝhys
Adverb
yis
- yes
Descendants
References
- “yis, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “yis, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Noun
yis (uncountable)
- Alternative form of is (“ice”)
Etymology 3
Determiner
yis
- (East Anglia) Alternative form of þes (“these”)
Etymology 4
Determiner
yis
- (chiefly Northern, East Anglia) Alternative form of þis (“this”)
Tarifit
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin equus (“horse”).
Noun
yis m (Tifinagh spelling ⵢⵉⵙ, plural iysan or itšsan)
- horse
- Synonym: akidar
Declension
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English yeast.
Noun
yis
- yeast