farthoo

Yola

Alternative forms

• fartoo

Etymology

From Middle English warto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔːˈtuː/

Adverb

farthoo

1. why, whereto, what's the reason.

   Synonym: fad

Adjective

farthoo

1. ailing

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 39