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deoune

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Yola

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, aphetic form of adūne, from ofdūne (“off the hill”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dəʊn/, [dəʊən] (spelled down)[1]

Adverb

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deoune

  1. down[2]

References

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  1. ^ Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990), “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎[1], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 152 & 156
  2. ^ 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
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