different between yeke vs yere

English

Alternative forms

• yek

Etymology

From Middle English ?ek, ?eac, from Old English ??ac (“cuckoo, gawk”), from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?Au?-, *g?eg?Au?- (“cuckoo”). Cognate with Scots gowk (“cuckoo”), German Gauch (“cuckoo”), Danish gøg (“cuckoo”), Swedish gök (“cuckoo”). See also gawk, gowk.

Noun

yeke (plural yekes)

1. (Britain dialectal) A cuckoo.

Anagrams

• yeek

English

Etymology 1

From ye analogous to your<you

Pronunciation

• Strong form: IPA^(key): /ji??/, IPA^(key): /i??/; Weak form: IPA^(key): /j??/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Pronoun

yere (possessive)

1. (Ireland) your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye
   • 2001 Martin McDonagh The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Scene 8:

     What I want ye to remember, as the bullets come out through yere foreheads, is […]

   • 2012 Kerry O'Shea Edinburgh’s Fringe festival thinks The Rubberbandits are English IrishCentral 27 July 2012:

     The Rubberbandits took to their Twitter (@Rubberbandits) on Tuesday in the wake of the Fringe fest’s apparent typo saying that, “@edfringe As much as we'd love to swear allegiance to Lizzie. Could ye change our country of origin from "England" to Ireland on yere site?” (sic)

   • 2012 Christy O'Connor "The first great rivalry of the 21st century" Irish Independent, 28 July 2012:

     "I've been listening to yere s**** there all day about how great ye are," he told them. "Who the hell do ye think ye are with yere two All-Irelands and one ambush?"

Usage notes

Especially in the south and west of Ireland. The yod-dropping pronunciation is more dialectal.

Etymology 2

Noun

yere (plural yeres)

1. Obsolete spelling of year

Anagrams

• Eyer, Eyre, Reye, eery, eyer, eyre, yeer

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

yere

1. Alternative form of ere (“ear”)

Etymology 2

Noun

yere

1. Alternative form of yeer (“year”)

Spanish

Verb

yere

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of yerar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of yerar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of yerar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of yerar.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English hear.

Verb

yere

1. To hear

Turkish

Noun

yere

1. dative singular of yer