abee
Scots
Etymology
Perhaps a combination of let be and let alone, to give let a-be.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈbiː/
References
- “abee, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abee”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
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