chote
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See also: chotě
Spanish
Verb
chote
- inflection of chotar:
Swahili
Adjective
chote
Yola
Contraction
chote
- Alternative form of 'chote (“I know”)
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 84:
- Chote well aar aim was t'yie ouz n'eer a blowe.
- I saw (well) their intent was to give us ne'er a stroke.
- 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:
- A laafe ing lemethès chote wel ta ba zang,
- A leaf in tatters, I know well to be sung,
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, line 3:
- an, az wee verilie chote,
- and, as we truly believe,
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 84