boagher

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish bóthar (“road”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔːˈɡiː/

Noun

boagher

  1. road
    Synonyms: caushe, cusseraane
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Mucha boagher.
      A big or high road.

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 27
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