yis

See also: yiš, yış, -yiş, -yış, and þis

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /jɪs/

Adverb

yis (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of yes.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /jiz/

Pronoun

yis

1. (Ireland, especially Dublin) Alternative form of yous

Anagrams

• Isy

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English yeast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jîs/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [jɪ̂s]

Noun

yîs m

1. yeast

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ġīse, ġēse; equivalent to Old English ġēa + sīe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jis/, /jɛs/, /-z/

Interjection

yis

1. yes

Alternative forms

• yes, yesse, yus, yhis, ȝis, ȝise, ȝisse, ȝes, ȝeis, ȝeisse, ȝeus, ȝus, ȝuse, ȝhis, ȝys, ȝyse, ȝysse, ȝeys, ȝeysse, ȝhys

Adverb

yis

1. yes

Descendants

• English: yes
• Middle Scots: ȝis, ȝes, ȝeis

References

• “yis, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “yis, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

yis (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of is (“ice”)

Etymology 3

Determiner

yis

1. (East Anglia) Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Etymology 4

Determiner

yis

1. (chiefly Northern, East Anglia) Alternative form of þis (“this”)

Tarifit

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin equus (“horse”).

Noun

yis m (Tifinagh spelling ⵢⵉⵙ, plural iysan or itšsan)

1. horse

   Synonym: akidar

Declension

Declension of yis

	Singular	Plural
Free state	yis	iysan
Construct state	uyis	yiysan

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English yeast.

Noun

yis

1. yeast