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yey

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See also: þey

Translingual

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Symbol

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yey

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

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English

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Interjection

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yey

  1. Alternative spelling of yay.

Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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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).

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Adjective

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yey (not comparable) (obsolete or dialectal)

  1. good, better
    Synonyms: eyi, yaxşı, yaxşıraq

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • yey” in Obastan.com.

Classical Nahuatl

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Numeral

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yey

  1. obsolete spelling of ēyi

Cornish

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Etymology

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

Noun

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yey m

  1. ice
    Synonym: rew

Derived terms

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References

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

Pipil

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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yēy

  1. three
    Nitaketza yey taketzalis.
    I speak three languages.