py

See also: PY, py-, .py, and py.

English

Noun

py (plural pys)

  1. Initialism of pack-year.

Noun

py (plural pys)

  1. Initialism of pinyin.

Preposition

py

  1. (Germanesque) Pronunciation spelling of by.
Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pə̟i̯]
  • (file)

Noun

py (plural [please provide])

  1. gown

References

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

pii

 m

  1. flea
Inflection
Descendants
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲫⲉⲓ (phei)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲡⲏⲓ (pēi)

Etymology 2

According to von Beckerath, from Meroitic *𐦧𐦢 (*pi, to live), with the ankh glyph in the name merely serving as a determinative. Leprohon instead interprets the name as pꜣ (O) + ꜥnḫy (living one), but notes that the reading is uncertain and considers it possible that the ankh is to be read as a prospective form of the verb ꜥnḫ (to live). In this case the name is indeed simply py and the ankh is not a part of it.

Proper noun

panxii

 m

  1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Piye, a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty
Alternative forms

References

  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
  • Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, pages 160–162
  • von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 108, 111, 269–270

Guaraní

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɨ/

Noun

py (plural pykuéra)

  1. foot

Korean

Noun

py

  1. pyeong an areal unit of measure symbol/abbreviation for a traditional Korean unit

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

py

  1. foot

Middle English

Noun

py

  1. Alternative form of pye (magpie)

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɨ/
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: py

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *, *mbɨ, from Proto-Tupian *, *mbɨ.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní py.

Noun

py (absolute mby) (possessable)

  1. foot; paw (part of the body)
Descendants

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *, from Proto-Tupian *.[1]

Noun

py (absolute mby) (possessable)

  1. interior; inside
    Synonym: ybỹîa
    Antonym: apé

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *, from Proto-Tupian *pˀɨ.[2]

Verb

py (first-person singular active indicative aîopy, first-person singular negative active indicative naîopyî, noun py) (transitive)

  1. to blow (to produce an air current)
    Synonym: peîu
  2. to blow; to flute (to blow a musical instrument to make it give a sound)
    Synonym: mimby

Etymology 4

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Noun

py (absolute mby) (possessable)

  1. width
    Synonyms: obeba, peba, popeba

Adjective

py

  1. wide; large
    Synonyms: -ûasu, obeb, peb, popeb
  2. spacious; roomy

References

  1. Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
  2. Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues (2007) “As consoantes do proto-tupí”, in Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral, editors, Línguas e culturas tupí, 1 edition, volume 1, Campinas: Curt Nimuendajú, pages 167–204

Further reading

Welsh

Adverb

py

  1. why, for what reason

Determiner

py

  1. what, which

References

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