yin - Hamely Tongue
Source: The Hamely Tongue: A Personal Record of Ulster-Scots in County Antrim
Author: James Fenton
Comments: ‘The Hamely Tongue’ has been widely acclaimed as the authoritative record of contemporary (surviving) Ulster-Scots in its heartland of County Antrim where James Fenton faithfully recorded his dictionary items among a network of other native speakers over a 30-year period. This searchable online version of his book takes its text from ‘Part One’ of the fourth edition of 2014 and includes over 3000 word entries. The book preliminaries, supplementary word lists and end matter have been excluded.
yin ~ one. A’ll tell ye yin thing an that’s naw two This is one thing I’m absolutely sure of, wish to make quite clear, etc. a’ the yin thing; a’ yin (see a’). a yin a single one (esp. neg.: There’s naw a yin o them A’m feart o). gie ye yin hit one a blow. tell me this yin (see tell). the yin age of the same age. the yin year’s wains children born in the same year. yin o oors; yin o theirs of our/their (i.e. Protestant/Catholic) persuasion. yins people; the members of a group or family (Belfast yins people from Belfast; iz yins we, us; Mairtins’ yins the Martin family; oor yins our family; them yins those people, that crowd; yer ain yins your family; yous/yuz yins you people, you lot). yintim once upon a time; on a past occasion (A mine yintim A wuz very near leein).
