You-uns

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈjuːʌnz/
• US IPA: /ˈjuːʌnz/ , IPA: /ˈjÊŒnz/, IPA: /jɪ̈nz/

Alternative forms

• you'uns, y'ins, y'uns, yunz, yuns
• yinz Pittsburgh, Appalachia

Origin

From you + form of ones.

Full definition of you-uns

Pronoun

1. (US, dialectal, Midwestern US and Appalachia) You (as subject or object).
• 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country (Nebraska 2005), page 122:Guthrie turned upon him a face aglow with gratification. ‘That's what makes me like you-uns, stranger,’ he said, cordially.

Synonyms

• see the list of other second-person pronouns in you

Related terms

• we-uns