'y

See also: Appendix:Variations of "y"

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• îy

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨ, from Proto-Tupian *ʔɨ.

Cognate with Aurá, Awetí, Emerillon, Guajá, Sateré-Mawé, Tapirapé, Tembé, and Xingú Asuriní 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

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'y”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 513, columns 1–2

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ,i, — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• 'i — obsolete

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /j/ [ɪ̯]

Particle

'y (Baybayin spelling ᜌ᜔)

1. (informal or literary) Contraction of ay

Usage notes

• Only used following a word ending in a vowel or ⟨n⟩
• 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”).