thoo (nonstandard)
- Pronunciation spelling ofthrough.
thoo
- (Orkney)Thou; singular informal form ofyou.
- Historically also used north of the Humber-Lume line in (Northern) England, but now rare there.
FromMiddle Englishþeou,þeu,þou, fromOld Englishþū,fromProto-West Germanic*þū, fromProto-Germanic*þū(“you (singular), thou”), fromProto-Indo-European*túh₂(“you, thou”).
thoo
- thou
thoo (objective casethee,vocativethee,possessive determinerthee)
- Orkney form ofthou
Thoo kens whit hid's like wi a hooseful o folk- You know what it's like with a houseful of folks
- thoo is used to address a friend, a family member or someone younger.
- Flaws, Margaret, Lamb, Gregor (1996)The Orkney Dictionary, Kirkwall, Orkney: Orkney Language and Culture Group, published2001,→ISBN
