caame

Yola

Alternative forms

• cam', cam

Etymology

From Middle English cām, cam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːm/, /kam/
• Homophone: caam

Verb

caame

1. simple past of coome
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8, page 86:

     Than caame ee shullereen, ee teap an corkite;

     Then came the shouldering, tossing, and tumbling;

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 11, page 88:

     Up caame ee ball, an a dap or a kewe

     Up came the ball, and a tap or a shove

   • 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 2-3:

     Hea raan awye del hea caame neeghe Burstheoune.

     He ran away until he came nigh to Bridgetown.

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 86