hea's

See also: heas and HEAs

Yola

Etymology

Contraction of hea is.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiːz/

Contraction

hea's

1. he's
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 37:

     Hea's ee-go.

     He's gone.

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 54:

     Hea's a gooude lickeen bye.

     He's a good-looking boy.

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 37