yee

See also: yêe, yééʼ, and yę́ę

English

Alternative forms

ye

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ji/

Pronoun

yee (personal pronoun)

(archaic and Geordie) you (the people being addressed); Alternative spelling of ye
obsolete emphatic of ye
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost Book V
  Speak yee who best can tell, ye sons of light,
  Angels, for yee behold him, and with songs
  And choral symphonies, Day without Night,
  Circle his Throne, rejoycing, yee in Heav'n,
  On Earth joyn all yee Creatures to extoll.

Interjection

yee

(slang, chiefly Northern California) yes

Anagrams

Eye, eye

Luganda

Adverb

yee

yes

Antonyms

aaa

References

The Essentials of Luganda, J. D. Chesswas, 4th edition. Oxford University Press: Nairobi. 1967, p. 152.

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Middle English

Pronoun

yee

Alternative form of ye

References

“ye, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 May 2018.

Navajo

Postposition

yee

with, by means of, by means of it

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