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mai't

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Yola

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Etymology

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mai +‎ it

Pronunciation

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Contraction

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mai't

  1. may it
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, line 1:
      MAI'T BE PLESANT TO TH' ECCELLENCIE
      MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY

References

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  • 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 114