aamzil

Yola

Alternative forms

• amezil, amezill, aamezil, aamezill

Etymology

From Middle English amselve, from Old English him selfum, equivalent to aam +‎ zil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːmˈzɪɫ/

Pronoun

aamzil

1. themselves
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 84:

     Aar gentrize ware bibbern, aamzil cou no stoane.

     Their gentry were quaking, themselves could not stand.

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 21