yinna, interjection

Forms:
Also yiina, yinne.
Origin:
As next.
yirra.
[1970 N. Conway Informant, Salisbury (now Harare, Zimbabwe)My hene. Carefully substituting an ‘n’ for an ‘r’ so as not to sound too blasphemous.]
1977 S. Roberts in E. Pereira Contemp. S. Afr. Plays 242Men! Yinna, they drive you mad.
1983 A. Willcox in Sunday Times 28 Aug. (Mag. Sect.) 18Who’s that oke writing like mad over there? Have you come to steal my jokes again? Yiina. You okes.
1989 Sunday Times 29 Oct. 29Yinne, man, this sudden switch to democracy is too fast for me.
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