py

See also: Appendix:Variations of "py"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

py (plural pys)

1. Initialism of pack-year.

Etymology 2

Noun

py (plural pys)

1. Initialism of pinyin.

Etymology 3

Preposition

py

1. (Germanesque) Pronunciation spelling of by.

Derived terms

• py chiminey
• py chiminy

See also

• PY

Anagrams

• YP, Yp, yp

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pə̟i̯]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

py (plural [please provide])

1. gown

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Cornish

Alternative forms

• pe (Revived Late Cornish)

Etymology

From Middle Cornish pe, py, from Proto-Celtic *kʷid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid.

Pronoun

py

1. what, which

   Py eur yw? ― What time is it?

   Py hanow os ta? ― What is your name?

Derived terms

• p'eur (“when”)
• py le penag (“wherever”)
• py lies (“how many”)
• py tyller (“where”)

Mutation

Mutation of py

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
py	by	fy	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /piː/
  • Conventional anglicization: py

Etymology 1

Noun

 m

1. flea

Inflection

Declension of py (masculine)

singular	py
dual	pywj
plural	pyw

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

 m

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

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of py  

py

Etymology 3

Determiner

 m sg proximal demonstrative determiner

1. (Old Egyptian) alternative form of pj (“this”)

Inflection

Old Egyptian demonstratives

	determiners						pronouns1	adverbs
	singular		dual		plural		unmarked
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
proximal to speaker	pn	tn	*jpnj	jptnj, jptntj	jpn	jptn	nn	—
distal	pf	tf	*jpfj	*jptfj, *jptftj	jpf	jptf	nf	—
proximal to spoken of	pj, pw, p	tj, tw	jpwj	jptwj, jptwtj	jpw	jptw, jptwt	nw	—
vocative	pꜣ	tꜣ	—	—	—	—	nꜣ	ꜥꜣ

¹ Unmarked for number and gender, but treated syntactically as masculine plurals when used with participles and relative forms, and as feminine singulars when referred to by resumptive pronouns.

Middle Egyptian demonstratives

	determiners and pronouns			adverbs
	singular		plural1
	masculine	feminine
proximal	pn	tn	nn	ꜥn
distal	pf, pfꜣ	tf, tfꜣ	nf, nfꜣ	ꜥf
‘copula’ and vocative	pw, pwy	tw, twy	nw	—
anaphoric	pꜣ	tꜣ	nꜣ	ꜥꜣ

¹ Joined by n(j) to nouns they modify.

Late Egyptian demonstratives and articles

	masculine	feminine	plural		adverb
pronoun	pꜣw				dj
determiners and pronouns	pꜣj	tꜣj	nꜣj
possessive determiners1	pꜣy	tꜣy	nꜣy
relational pronouns (‘possessive prefixes’)	p-n, pꜣ	t-nt, tꜣ	nꜣyw, nꜣ
definite articles	pꜣ	tꜣ	nꜣ2
indefinite articles	wꜥ2		nhꜣy2

¹ Used with suffix pronouns.
² Originally joined by n(j) to nouns they modify; later without it.

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

Ilocano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaj/ [ˈpaɪ̯]

Particle

py (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜌ᜔) (Internet slang)

1. contraction of pay

Korean

Noun

py • (py)

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

Mbya Guarani

Noun

py

1. foot

Middle English

Noun

py

1. alternative form of pye (“magpie”)

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɨ/
• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Hyphenation: py

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨ, *mbɨ, from Proto-Tupian *pɨ, *mbɨ.

Cognate with Paraguayan Guarani py.

Noun

py (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mby)

1. foot; paw (part of the body)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: pí

Etymology 2

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

Noun

py (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mby)

1. interior; inside

   Synonym: ybỹîa

   Antonym: apé

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨ, from Proto-Tupian *pˀɨ.

Verb

py (first-person singular active indicative aîopy, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîopyî, 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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of py (transitive, monosyllabic, Y-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Causative	pyukar
Causative-comitative	eropy
Reflexive	îepy
Deverbals
-ba'e	oîopyba'e
emi-	emimy / mimy
-pyr(a)	i pypyra
-sab(a)	pŷaba / pysaba
-sar(a)	pŷara / pysara
	Singular		Singular and Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aîopy	ereîopy	oîopy	oroîopy	îaîopy	peîopy
Permissive	t'aîopy	t'ereîopy	t'oîopy	t'oroîopy	t'îaîopy	ta peîopy
Imperative		eîopy				peîopy
Negative indicative	n'aîopyî	n'ereîopyî	n'oîopyî	n'oroîopyî	n'îaîopyî	na peîopyî
Negative permissive	t'aîopy umẽ	t'ereîopy umẽ	t'oîopy umẽ	t'oroîopy umẽ	t'îaîopy umẽ	ta peîopy umẽ
Negative imperative		eîopy umẽ				peîopy umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	py
Negative	pye'yma
Gerund
Affirmative	xe pŷabo	nde pŷabo	i pŷabo	oré pŷabo	îandé pŷabo	pe pŷabo
Negative	xe pye'yma	nde pye'yma	i pye'yma	oré pye'yma	îandé pye'yma	pe pye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe pyû		i pyû	oré pyû	îandé pyû
Negative	xe pye'ymi		i pye'ymi	oré pye'ymi	îandé pye'ymi

Etymology 4

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Noun

py (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mby)

1. width

   Synonyms: obeba, peba, popeba

Adjective

py (noun form py)

1. wide; large

   Synonyms: -ûasu, obeb, peb, popeb

2. spacious; roomy

Declension

    Declension of py (oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

Note: not all forms are attested. Most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Causative	momy
Deadjectivals
-ba'e	i pyba'e
-sab(a)	pŷaba / pysaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe py	nde py	i py	oré py	îandé py	pe py
Imperative
Permissive	ta xe py	ta nde py	t'i py	t'oré py	t'îandé py	ta pe py
Negative indicative	na xe pyî	na nde pyî	n'i pyî	n'oré pyî	n'îandé pyî	na pe pyî
Negative imperative		nde py umẽ				pe py umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe py umẽ	ta nde py umẽ	t'i py umẽ	t'oré py umẽ	t'îandé py umẽ	ta pe py umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe pyramo	nde pyramo	o pyramo	oré pyramo	îandé pyramo	pe pyramo
Negative	xe pye'ymamo	nde pye'ymamo	o pye'ymamo	oré pye'ymamo	îandé pye'ymamo	pe pye'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	py
Negative	pye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund1
	xe pyû2		i pyû2	oré pyû2	îandé pyû2
Negative	same as gerund1
	xe pye'ymi2		i pye'ymi2	oré pye'ymi2	îandé pye'ymi2
1South Tupi 2North Tupi

References

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “py”, 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, pages 413–414

Paraguayan Guarani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɨ/
• Rhymes: -ɨ

Noun

py (plural pykuéra)

1. foot

References

• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “py”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 92, column 1

Welsh

Adverb

py

1. why, for what reason

Determiner

py

1. what, which

References

• Pughe, William. A Dictionary of the Welsh Language, Explained in English, Vol. 2.