dhicka

Yola

Alternative forms

• dicka

Etymology

Compare the Devonshire "thicka".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪkə/

Determiner

dhicka

1. that

   Coordinate term: dhicke

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Dhicka poake.

     That pocket.

   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 102:

     Dhicka die fan ich want to a mile.

     That day when I went to the mill.

   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 104:

     To hint dhicka cursed vox vrom Bloomere's lhoan.

     To hunt that cursed fox from Bloomer's land.

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 34