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tha en · PRON · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ða/

Etymology

In parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire where [aʊ] became [aː] and then shortened in an unstressed thou.

Meanings

1. (Northern-England, alt-of, dialectal, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of thou.
   alt of thou
   • "[…] Stay thee where tha bist, sit down on thi property; what's the sense of wanderen over the barren sea and maybe happenen an accident?" 1937, Homer, The Odyssey:

tha en · DET · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (US, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, qualifier:African-American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of the.
   alt of the

Synonyms

da