you-uns

See also: youuns

English

Alternative forms

• you'uns, you'ns, youuns, youns
• youins, you'ins, y'ins, y'uns, yunz, yuns
• yinz (Pittsburgh, Appalachia)

Etymology

From you + uns, a form of ones representing an older pronunciation of it.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjuːʌnz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈjuənz/, /ˈjʌnz/, (originally unstressed) [jɪ̈nz]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌnz, -ɪ̈nz

Pronoun

you-uns

1. (US, Midwestern US and Appalachia) You (plural, as subject or object).
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country (Nebraska 2005), page 122:

     Guthrie turned upon him a face aglow with gratification. ‘That's what makes me like you-uns, stranger,’ he said, cordially.

Synonyms

• see the list of other second-person pronouns in you

Related terms

• we-uns, they-uns