yalpeen
Yola
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English yelpinge.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yalpeen
- spewing, vomiting
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8, page 86:
- More trolleen, an yalpeen, an moulteen away.
- More rolling and spewing, and pining away.
References
[edit]- 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 79