gaame
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Yola[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
- From Middle English game, from Old English gamen, from Proto-West Germanic *gaman.
- From Middle English gamen, from Old English gamenian.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gaame
Verb[edit]
gaame
- to make game of, ridicule
- 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 100:
- Go gaame abuth Forth, thou unket saalvache.
- Go, make game about Forth, thou uncouth sloven.
- 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 100:
- Risheenearès! Leth aam gaame wee aar barish-amang,
- Snack-eaters! let them game, with their barley-mung.
References[edit]
- 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 40
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