yere

See also: ȝere, y'ere, and ye're

English

Etymology 1

From ye analogous to your<you.

Pronunciation

• Strong form: IPA^(key): /jiəɹ/, IPA^(key): /iəɹ/; Weak form: IPA^(key): /jɪɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Pronoun

yere (possessive)

1. (Ireland) your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye
   • 2001, Martin McDonagh, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Scene 8:

     What I want ye to remember, as the bullets come out through yere foreheads, is […]

   • 2012 Kerry O'Shea Edinburgh’s Fringe festival thinks The Rubberbandits are English IrishCentral 27 July 2012:

     The Rubberbandits took to their Twitter (@Rubberbandits) on Tuesday in the wake of the Fringe fest’s apparent typo saying that, “@edfringe As much as we'd love to swear allegiance to Lizzie. Could ye change our country of origin from "England" to Ireland on yere site?” (sic)

   • 2012 July 28, Christy O'Connor, “The first great rivalry of the 21st century”, in Irish Independent:

     "I've been listening to yere s**** there all day about how great ye are," he told them. "Who the hell do ye think ye are with yere two All-Irelands and one ambush?"

Usage notes

Especially in the south and west of Ireland. The yod-dropping pronunciation is more dialectal.

Etymology 2

Noun

yere (plural yeres)

1. Obsolete spelling of year.

Anagrams

• Eyer, Eyre, Reye, eery, eyer, eyre, yeer

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

yere

1. Alternative form of ere (“ear”)

Etymology 2

Noun

yere

1. Alternative form of yeer (“year”)

Spanish

Verb

yere

1. inflection of yerar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English hear.

Verb

yere

1. To hear
   • 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎^[1], New York: Columbia University Press, page 424:

     Bɔfru dɛ krei̯, Dia dɛ krei̯, Tamanwa 'ɛ krei̯. Nō mō ala den meti 'ɛ gowe wą' wą'. Nō mō Hagu drapɛ, 'ɛ bari, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / Mi yɛre suma dɛdɛ, / Ma karaki dɛ bro.’

     [Bofru e krei, Dia e krei, Tamanwa e krei. Nomo ala den meti e gwe wanwan. Nomo Agu drape e bari, 'Bia, bia, bia / Mi yere suma dede / Ma karaki e bro.']

     Buffalo was crying, Deer was crying, Anteater was crying. No sooner did all the animals go away one by one, than Hog called out, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / I hear a person died, / But his backside breathes.’

Turkish

Noun

yere

1. dative singular of yer

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• jèrè (Ào)

Etymology

Probably from Edo yee (“to remember”), it is being replaced by rántí among younger speakers

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jè.ɾè/

Verb

yèrè

1. (chiefly CY and SEY) to remember

   Synonyms: rántí, níran

   Mo ti yèrè sí báyìí! ― I have remembered it now!

2. (chiefly CY and SEY, transitive) to remind

   Synonyms: yèlérè, rán létí

Derived terms

• ùyèrè (“remembrance”)
• yèlérè (“to remind”)

References

• Adetugbọ, Abidoun. The Yoruba language in Western Nigeria: Its major dialect areas [2], 1967
• Ogen, Olukoya. The Akoko-Ikale: A Revision of Colonial Historiography on the Construction of Ethnic Identity in Southeastern Yorubaland [3], 2014