abay
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See also: 'abay
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English abay, a-bay, from Old French abai, aboi, abay (“barking”), from the verb abayer.[1]
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbeɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪ
Noun
abay (uncountable)
References
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abay”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
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