'y

See also: Appendix:Variations of "y"

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨ, from Proto-Tupian *ʔɨ (“water”).[1][2]

Cognate with Sateré-Mawé and Awetí ʔɨ and Guaraní y.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Hyphenation: 'y

Noun

'y (possessable)

  1. water
    Synonym: y
  2. river
    Synonym: y
  3. spring (water source)

Derived terms
  • 'y rapé
  • 'yaipuka
  • 'yakã
  • 'yanhangoty
  • 'yape'ara
  • 'yape'ara rupi
  • 'yapyra
  • 'yapyrakoty
  • 'yapé
  • 'yapé 'arybo
  • 'yapó
  • 'yaíba
  • 'ye'ẽ
  • 'yembe'yba
  • 'yembykoty
  • 'yeté
  • 'ykatu
  • 'ykûabapûana
  • 'ymombukaba
  • 'ypabe'ymba'e
  • 'ypytera
  • 'ysyryka
  • 'yîebyra

Descendants
  • Nheengatu: ií

References
  1. Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 403
  2. Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): //d͡ʒ/ [ɪ̯]/ invalid IPA characters (//[]) [/d͡ʒ/ [ɪ̯]] invalid IPA characters (//[])

Particle

'y (Baybayin spelling ᜌ᜔)

  1. (informal or literary) Contraction of ay following a word ending in a vowel or ⟨n⟩

Usage notes
  • Where it is used after a word ending in n, it usually elides that letter (e.g. paraa'y from paraan ay
  • Where it is used after a word ending with a diphthong, it usually elides the final letter of the diphthong (e.g. ika'y from ikaw ay)

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ə/

Determiner

’y (triggers nasal mutation)

  1. Informal form of fy (“my”).
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