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  • you do well
    [Car.; cf. Krio yu du wεl (often sarcastic) Your efforts are much appreciated KED] phr. You are being inconsiderate. (Gen.)
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  • you do for more
    [Car.] phr. You're being unreasonable. (Black)
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  • you and all!
    [Car.; cf. Trin. idem, you of all people (Winer)] phr. You're making matters more difficult by being unreasonable (a rebuke).
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  • you ain't want do no better
    phr. It's your own fault. (Gen.)
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  • you, yuh
    [also W Car., US Black ADD; cf. OED you your obs. →1642 or dial. (rare); derived by regular loss of
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  • Yoruba, Youraba
    [cf. Yoruba an ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria] n. an African tribal group: 1891 [Bahamians] still retain their African tribal
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  • Ynagua
    n. a former spelling of INAGUA: 1788 (Schoepf 314).
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  • Yiya
    [cf. Car. yaya an affectionate term of address to one's mother or grandmother; cf. Kongo yaya, Ewe ya, Yoruba iya,
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  • yinnaself
    [cf. YINNA 1 + -self] refl. pron. yourselves: Go bathe yinnaself off fore y 'all come talking bout l ain'
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  • yinna, yeener, yenner, yonner, you-no
    [cf. Gul. yinnuh, yunnuh idem ADD, DJE unu, Krio ina, yuna KED, Vir. Dutch Cr. yina (Hancock 1979: 13); Port.
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