yey

See also: þey

Translingual

Symbol

yey

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yeyi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Yeyi terms

English

Interjection

yey

1. Alternative spelling of yay.

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یك (yẹg), Proto-Turkic *yẹg, cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰃𐰏 (y²ig), Turkmen ýeg, Turkish yey, yeğ, possibly with Chuvash ҫи (śi, “up, upper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jej] (Jabrayil, Gadabay, Goychay, Goygol, Imishli, Meghri, Shamakhi, Tartar)
• IPA^(key): [jeɡ] (Quba, Ordubad)

Adjective

yey (not comparable) (obsolete or dialectal)

1. good, better

   Synonyms: eyi, yaxşı, yaxşıraq

Derived terms

• yeyrək

Further reading

• “yey” in Obastan.com.

Classical Nahuatl

Numeral

yey

1. obsolete spelling of ēyi

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish iey, from Proto-Brythonic *jaɣ, itself from Proto-Celtic *yegis. Cognate with Irish oighear, Scottish Gaelic eigh, and Welsh iâ.

Noun

yey m

1. ice

   Synonym: rew

Derived terms

• estyllen yey (“ice shelf”)
• fols yey (“ice wedge”)
• kappa yey (“ice cap”)
• lappa yey (“ice lobe”)
• leghen yey (“ice floe”)
• lien yey (“ice sheet”)
• menydh yey (“iceberg”)
• oos an yey (“ice age”)
• yeyn (“cold”)

References

“yey” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Pipil

Pipil cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : yēy     Adverbial : yēshpa     Fractional : yēshtakutun

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *eːyɨ, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pahi. Compare Classical Nahuatl ēyi (“three”). Cognate with Yaqui baji (“three”) and Hopi pàayo' (“three”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeːj/

Numeral

yēy

1. three

   Nitaketza yey taketzalis.

   I speak three languages.