buee

Yola

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish buí.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biː/ (as if spelled buí)
• Homophones: ba, bye

Noun

buee

1. yellow
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 94:

     Aar was lhaung kaayle an nettles, ee-mixt wee prasaugh buee,

     There was long kale and nettles, mingled with yellow-weed,

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 94

Colors in Yola · [Term?] (layout · text)

whit, baun	gry	bhlock, blaak
reed	yulloureed	yullou, ghou, buee
*leem green	green	*meente
blúegreen	*asure	blúe
	purple	rowse