'y

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "y"

Old Tupi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

'y (possessable)

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

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Nheengatu: ií

References[edit]

  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[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Further reading[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Particle[edit]

'y (Baybayin spelling ᜌ᜔)

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

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

’y (triggers nasal mutation)

  1. Informal form of fy (“my”).
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