-yé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ye"

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /je/
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Homophones: yé, yê

Determiner

-yé

  1. plural marker
    Piti-yé dròl. ― Children are odd.
    Lamézon-çalayé té krasé! ― Those houses were filthy!

Usage notes
  • Used to specify a noun as plural. Nouns on their own may act as singular or plural based on context.
  • Not used concurrently with dê or lê, which are words that perform similar functions.
  • The suffix's hyphen is dropped when used with other postpositional determiners (see examples above).

Derived terms
  • -çalayé
  • -çayé
  • -çilayé
  • -çiyé
  • -layé
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