Grellmann (1787) collected the forms Ick, Ek from Continental gipsies. Smart & Crofton (1875) collected the form Yek ‘one’ from English Gypsies.
Attested by Canadian Paul Pope (2013) with the same meaning.
Grellmann (1787) collected the forms Ick, Ek from Continental gipsies. Smart & Crofton (1875) collected the form Yek ‘one’ from English Gypsies. Attested by Canadian Paul Pope (2013) with the same meaning. |
Canadian Paul Pope (2013) cites this form with the same meaning. |
1 the eye: Whin she wis seventeen she wis sae bonniie that man’s yak wid follow her. 19-. 2 the face 19-20. ‣ yaik verb to look 20-. etymology: Romany; from Sanskrit akshi; also attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies and Kirk Yetholm Gypsies; sense 1 also collected by Simson (1865) and attested by three of his informants; form yak attested in Shelta and by SR and JS note: Grellmann (1787) collected the forms Aok, Jaok, Jaka with the same meaning from Continental gipsies. Smart & Crofton (1875) collected the form yok ‘the eye’ from English Gypsies. |