fho

Yola

Alternative forms

• fo, vo

Etymology

From Middle English who, from Old English hwā, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuː/, /vuː/
• Homophones: fowe, vew

Pronoun

fho

1. who
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Fho told thee?

     Who told thee?

2. whom
   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 102:

     To fho shall ich maake mee redress?

     To whom shall I make my redress?

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 40