fho

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English hwo, from Old English hwā, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /foː/, /voː/

Pronoun

fho (possessive fose)

  1. who
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Fho told thee?
      Who told thee?
  2. whom
    • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 102:
      To fho shall ich maake mee redress?
      To whom shall I make my redress?

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 40
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