'cha
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Yola[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English ichave; equivalent to 'ch- + have.
Pronunciation[edit]
Contraction[edit]
'cha
- I have
- 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:
- Amang wefty jhemes, 'cha jeist ee-rid apan.
- Among cobwebby scraps, I have just alighted on.
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 29