w'ous
Yola
Etymology
Reduction of wee ous (“with us”).
Contraction
w'ous
- with us
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Lidge w'ous.
- Lie with us.
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 54