yellow bone

English

noun

Definitions

(AAVE) A light-skinned person of mixed ethnicity including black.

Etymology

Compound from English yellow (a colour like that of copper, yellow flag) + English bone.

Origin

English

bone

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Yellowknife English
Yellowstone English
anklebone English
antiyellow English
armbone English
backbone English
barebone English
beyellowed English
bladebone English
bonable English
bone English
boneache English
bonebed English
bonedigger English
bonedog English
bonedome English
bonefish English
bonefolder English
bonehead English
boneheaded English
bonehouse English
bonejarring English
boneless English
bonelet English
bonelike English
boner English
boneseed English
boneseeker English
boneset English
bonesetter English
bonesetting English
boneshaker English
boneshaking English
boneyard English
bonfire English
bony English
breakbone English
breastbone English
browbone English
cheekbone English
chickenboner English
collarbone English
cuttlebone English
debone English
dogbone English
dragonbone English
earbone English
featherbone English
fingerbone English
fishbone English
footbone English
full-course yellow English
greenbone English
hambone English
heelbone English
herringbone English
infrayellow English
intrabone English
jawbone English
knitbone English
knucklebone English
legbone English
marrowbone English
neckbone English
nonbone English
nonyellow English
redbone English
ridgebone English
ringbone English
sharebone English
shinbone English
shoulder bone English
sidebone English
skullbone English
spadebone English
tailbone English
thighbone English
unbone English
underbone English
unyellow English
whalebone English
wishbone English
wristbone English
yeldrin English
yellow English
yellow-bellied English
yellow-green English
yellow-red English
yellowback English
yellowbelly English
yellowberry English
yellowbill English
yellowbird English
yellowcake English
yellowcress English
yellowen English
yelloweye English
yellowface English
yellowfin English
yellowfish English
yellowhead English
yellowhorn English
yellowish English
yellowjacket English
yellowly English
yellowmouth English
yellowness English
yellowroot English
yellowseed English
yellowshanks English
yellowshins English
yellowtail English
yellowthroat English
yellowtop English
yellowware English
yellowwood English
yellowwort English
yellowy English
イエロー Japanese
bon Middle English
yelwe, yelow, yelou Middle English
iaļo Marshallese
bom Volapük
bun Tok Pisin
yelo Tok Pisin
yelo Bislama
bon Torres Strait Creole