you-uns

See also: youuns

English

Alternative forms

you'uns, you'ns, youuns, youns
y'ins, y'uns, yunz, yuns
yinz (Pittsburgh, Appalachia)

Etymology

From you + form of ones.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjuːʌnz/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈjuʌnz/, IPA^(key): /ˈjʌnz/, IPA^(key): /jɪ̈nz/

Pronoun

you-uns

(US, Midwestern US and Appalachia) You (plural, as subject or object).
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country (Nebraska 2005), page 122:
  Guthrie turned upon him a face aglow with gratification. ‘That's what makes me like you-uns, stranger,’ he said, cordially.

Synonyms

see the list of other second-person pronouns in you

Related terms

we-uns, they-uns

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