kwingokee

Yola

Etymology

From khuingoke (“churn”) + Irish -igh (“verb suffix”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwɪˈŋoːkiː/

Verb

kwingokee

  1. to churn
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Wich ad wough bethther kwingokee or baagchoosee vursth?
      Whether had we better churn or bake first?

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 78
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