y'all's

English

Etymology

From y’all +‎ -’s.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): [jɔlz]

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Determiner

y'all's

1. (Southern US) Possessive of y’all (standing in for your).

   Here are y’all’s tickets for the show tonight.

   • 2004, David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Little, Brown,, →ISBN, page 80:

     “I ought to kick y’all’s asses,” he said. “Walking out on me the way you done, that’s no way to treat a friend.”

Synonyms

• your

Pronoun

y’all’s

1. (Southern US) Possessive of y’all (standing in for yours).

   This drink’s mine; Bill and Joe, those drinks are y’all’s.

Synonyms

• yours
• your all's
• your guys’s (colloquial, proscribed by most speakers)

Anagrams

• Sally, Sylla, lylas, sally