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See also:y',у,,andAppendix:Variations of "y"

yU+0079,y
LATIN SMALL LETTER Y
x
[U+0078]
Basic Latinz
[U+007A]
Character variations

ʸU+02B8,ʸ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL Y
ʷ
[U+02B7]
Spacing Modifier Lettersʹ
[U+02B9]
U+FF59,y
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER Y

[U+FF58]
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
[U+FF5A]
Languages (67)
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Translingual

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Letter

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y (upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet.

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Pronunciation

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  • Pronunciation of IPA[yː]:(file)

Symbol

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

y

  1. (metrology)yocto-.
  2. (IPA) aclose front rounded vowel: the Germanü-sound.
  3. (NAPA) the English y-sound, IPA[j].
  4. (superscriptʸ, IPA)[y]-coloring, a[y] on- or off-glide (diphthong), or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo[y].
  5. (superscriptʸ, NAPA)palatalization, equivalent to IPA[ʲ].
  6. Denoting an item that is twenty-fifth in a list.

Gallery

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  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of Y, in normal and italic type
    Uppercase and lowercase versions ofY, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase Y in Fraktur
    Uppercase and lowercaseY inFraktur

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Other representations of Y:

English

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY,pluralysory's)

  1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Englishalphabet, calledwy orwye and written in theLatin script.
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Etymology 2

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Abbreviations.

y

  1. (Stenoscript) the sound sequence /ɔɪ̯/.
  2. (Stenoscript)Abbreviation ofwhy.
  3. (Stenoscript) the suffix-ry or-rry.

Noun

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y

  1. Abbreviation ofyear.
    • 2003, Howard Tanner, Sonia Jones,Becoming a Successful Teacher of Mathematics:
      Consider the following questions selected from the tests and estimate the proportion ofY8 pupils you would expect to answer correctly.
  2. (UK, television)Abbreviation ofyouth, usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked.
    Y7
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Adverb

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y (notcomparable)

  1. (slang, text messaging, Internetslang)Abbreviation ofwhy.

Particle

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y

  1. (computing)Abbreviation ofyes.

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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FromLatinet, fromProto-Indo-European*éti.

Conjunction

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y

  1. and

Asturian

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Etymology

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FromLatinet, fromProto-Indo-European*éti.

Conjunction

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y

  1. and

Pronoun

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y (y (or-y), pluralys/yos or-ys/-yos)

  1. Pronoun for the third-person singularindirect object.
    da-y pan
    give him/her bread

Usage notes

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  • Usually seen as-y

Azerbaijani

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Pronunciation

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ylower case (upper caseY)

  1. The thirty-firstletter of the Azerbaijanialphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /i ɡreko/,[i ɣ̞re̞.ko̞]

Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-sixthletter of the Basquealphabet, calledi greko and written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

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  • Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Catalanalphabet, calledi grega and written in theLatin script.
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Etymology 2

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Conjunction

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y

  1. Obsolete form ofi(and).

Cornish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromProto-Brythonic*eið, fromProto-Celtic*esyo m and*esyās f; compareOld Irisha(his, her, its, their) andSanskritअस्य(asyá,his, its) andअस्यास्(asyā́s,her).

Pronoun

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y

  1. (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form)his

Etymology 2

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FromProto-Celtic*eyes, plural of*es, fromProto-Indo-European*éy. Cognate withBretoni(nt),Irishia(d) andWelshhwy

Pronoun

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y

  1. (Standard Cornish)they(third person plural pronoun)

Etymology 3

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FromProto-Celtic*ide- (compareBretone,ez,Welshy,yth,Old Irishid), fromProto-Indo-European*h₁i-dʰei- (compareLatinibi(here),Avestan𐬌𐬛𐬁(idā,here, in the same way), andSanskritइह(ihá,here)).

Particle

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y (triggers mixed mutation)

  1. Inserted before the verb when the verb precedes the subject

Czech

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Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The thirty-ninthletter of the Czechalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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  • ij(in some words)

Pronunciation

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  • (letter name):IPA(key): /ɛɪ/,/iˈɡrɛk/,/ˌɣrik.sə ˈɛɪ/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. the twenty-fifth letter of the Dutch alphabet

Usage notes

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In certain dialects the letter is pronounced similar to IPA: /ji:/. In these dialects, they will actually write "y" such as in "jy" (IPA: /ji:/) instead of modern standard Dutchjij (IPA: /jɛɪ/).

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  • Previous letter:x
  • Next letter:z

Fala

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Conjunction

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y

  1. Alternative form ofi

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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y (upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-sixthletter of the Faroesealphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. Seethe Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, andy for information on the development of the glyph itself. In particular, the use ofy for/y/ follows the Swedish orthography, which in turn follows Latin.

Pronunciation

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-fourthletter of the Finnishalphabet, calledyy and written in theLatin script.

Derived terms

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compounds

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Franco-Provençal

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Etymology

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Inherited fromLatinhīc.

Pronoun

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y(ORB, broad)

  1. it(third-person singular neuter dative)

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Franco-Provençal personal pronouns
singularnominativeaccusativedativetonic1possessive2
1st personjomin
2nd persontetin
3rd person masculineillo /leluisin
3rd person feminineellalyé
3rd person neuteroy
3rd person reflexive
pluralnominativeaccusativedativetonic1possessive2
1st personnosnoutro
2nd personvosvoutro
3rd person masculineilslos /leslorlor
3rd person feminineelsleslor /lyés
3rd person reflexive
1 Disjunctive or object of a preposition.2 Generally preceded by a definite article.

References

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  • y in DicoFranPro:Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – ondicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • y in Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu

French

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Etymology 1

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Fromi grec(Greek i), referring to the letterupsilon (Υ), originally borrowed from the Greek alphabet, as opposed to "Latin i" (I).

Pronunciation

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  • (letter name)IPA(key): /i.ɡʁɛk/

Letter

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y

  1. a letter in theFrench alphabet, afterx and beforez

Etymology 2

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10th century; fromOld Frenchi, fromLatinhīc(here) (ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*ǵʰi-ḱe(this, here)), with meaning influenced byOld Frenchiv(there, thither), itself fromLatinibī. Derivation from the latter poses difficulty from a phonetic standpoint. CompareCatalanhi.

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Pronoun

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y (adverbial)

  1. there (at a place)
    Il est dans la maison. Ily est.
    He is in the house. He isthere.
  2. there,thither (to there)
    Nous allons au Mexique. Nousy allons.
    We are going to Mexico. We are goingthere.
  3. Used as a pronoun to replace anadverbial phrase starting withà.
    Je pense à mon pays. J’y pense.
    I think about my country. I thinkabout it.
    1. With verbs: seeAppendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
    2. (archaic) With adjectives. Only used with a handful of adjectives (the most common combination beingy compris, which is a special case), mainly in legal terminology.
      personnesy nomméesPersons named there(in)
      procéduresy afférentesRelated procedures
      documentsy relatifsRelated documents
      eauxy affluentesTributary waters
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French personal pronouns
numberpersongendernominative
(subject)
accusative
(direct complement)
dative
(indirect complement)
locative
(at)
genitive
(of)
disjunctive
(tonic)
singularfirstje,j’me,m’moi
secondtute,t’toi
thirdmasculineille,l’luiyenlui
feminineellela,l’elle
indeterminateon1
reflexive4se,s’soi
pluralfirstnousnousnous
second2vousvousvous
thirdmasculineils3lesleuryeneux3
feminineelleselles

1On can also function as a first person plural (although agreeing with third person singular verb forms).
2Vous is also used as the polite singular form.
3Ils andeux are also used when a group has a mixture of masculine and feminine members.
4 These forms are also used as third person plural reflexive.

Etymology 3

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Eye dialect spelling orcontraction ofil andils.

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Pronoun

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y

  1. (Quebec, colloquial)he:alternative form ofil
  2. (Quebec, colloquial)they:alternative form ofils
  3. (Quebec, colloquial)they:alternative form ofelles

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Fula

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. Aletter of the Fulaalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme)IPA(key): /yː/,/y/,/ʏ/,/i/,/ɪ/,/j/
  • (letter name)IPA(key): /ˈʏpsilɔn/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

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y n (strong,genitivey,pluraly)

  1. the lettery

Guaraní

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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y

  1. water

Derived terms

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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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Contraction ofyo.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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y

  1. Contraction ofyo.

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme):IPA(key): [ˈi]
  • (letter name):IPA(key): [ˈipsilon]

Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. A letter of the extended Hungarianalphabet, calledipszilon and written in theLatin script.

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As shown in the alphabet below, this letter normally occurs in Hungarian words only as part of four digraphs:gylyny, andty (with their long counterparts:ggy, lly, nny, tty). Aside from them, the terms containingy defined in an extensive Hungarian monolingual dictionary[1] arebaby-doll,baby-sitter,body(bodice),body-building /bodyzik /bodyzó,boy,brandy,citoyen,country​/​countryzene,cowboy​/​cowboyfilm​/​cowboykalap,curry,disc-jockey,doyen,dry,dyn,fair play,háryjános​/​háryjánoskodik,intercity,joystick,play back,playboy,royalista,sherry,spray,whisky,yard,yperit,yuppie,złoty and the letter itself. Additionally, a newer and more comprehensive but as yet incomplete dictionary[2] containsbicsérdysta,byte,copyright, andcowboycsizma. (The formsdandy,gentry,happy end(happy ending),jersey,maya,nylon, andyen are also mentioned as alternative forms in the former volume, but their current standard spelling isdendi,dzsentri,dzsörzé,hepiend,jen,maja, andnejlon.)

Proper names written withy include the country namesGuyana,Paraguay,Seychelle-szigetek, andUruguay and the capital namesConakry,Port Moresby, andReykjavík. Other names deriving from Latin alphabets are also retained (such as EnglishCalgary, Hollywood, Kentucky, Montgomery, New Jersey, New York, Sydney, Wyoming etc., GermanBayreuth, Speyer, Steyr, FrenchLyon, Mayotte, Nancy, Vichy, and PolishBiałystok, Bydgoszcz, Przemyśl). Otherwise, this letter is usually transcribed in country and city names, for exampleJemen(Yemen),Malajzia(Malaysia),Nepjida(Naypyidaw), andRijád(Riyadh).

Declension

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Inflection (stem in-o-, back harmony)
singularplural
nominativeyy-ok
accusativey-ty-okat
dativey-naky-oknak
instrumentaly-naly-okkal
causal-finaly-érty-okért
translativey-náy-okká
terminativey-igy-okig
essive-formaly-kénty-okként
essive-modal
inessivey-bany-okban
superessivey-ony-okon
adessivey-nály-oknál
illativey-bay-okba
sublativey-ray-okra
allativey-hozy-okhoz
elativey-bóly-okból
delativey-róly-okról
ablativey-tóly-októl
non-attributive
possessive – singular
y-éy-oké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
y-éiy-okéi
Possessive forms ofy
possessorsingle possessionmultiple possessions
1st person sing.y-omy-aim,y-jaim
2nd person sing.y-ody-aid,y-jaid
3rd person sing.y-a,y-jay-ai,y-jai
1st person pluraly-unky-aink,y-jaink
2nd person pluraly-otoky-aitok,y-jaitok
3rd person pluraly-uk,y-juky-aik,y-jaik

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References

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  1. ^75,000 entries in Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.).Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (“A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian”). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition→ISBN.Online searchable version (under development)
  2. ^As of 2021, completed until ELZ. Ittzés, Nóra (ed.).A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031(work in progress)

Further reading

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  • y inBárczi, Géza andLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN

Icelandic

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Letter

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y (upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-eighthletter of the Icelandicalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Ido

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Pronunciation

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  • (context pronunciation)IPA(key): /j/
  • (letter name)IPA(key): /je/

Letter

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y (upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Idoalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Indonesianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Italian

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Letter

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y f orm (invariable,lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of theLatin alphabet, calledipsilon,i greco ori greca in Italian

Usage notes

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  • The letterY is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found mainly in loanwords.

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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FromPortuguesee.

Conjunction

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y

  1. and

References

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  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015)Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary,→ISBN

Kamayurá

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Noun

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y

  1. Alternative form of

References

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  • Languages of the Amazon (2012,→ISBN

Kankanaey

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromTagalogy. Letter pronunciation is influenced byEnglishy.

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Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-seventhletter of the Kankanaeyalphabet, calledway and written in theLatin script.

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References

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  • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016)Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎[4] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog),→ISBN, pages10-11

Kashubian

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Etymology

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The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theKashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, andy for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The thirty-firstletter of the Kashubianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Khumi Chin

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Pronunciation

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Particle

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y

  1. no

References

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  • K. E. Herr (2011)The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[5], Payap University, page47

Ladin

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Conjunction

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y

  1. and

Latgalian

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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y (upper caseY)

  1. The fourteenthletter of the Latgalianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ȳ f (indeclinable)

  1. A name of the letterY.

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Lithuanian

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Pronunciation

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y (upper caseY)

  1. The fifteenthletter of the Lithuanianalphabet, calledi ilgoji and written in theLatin script.

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Lower Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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y (upper caseY)

  1. The thirty-firstletter of the Lower Sorbianalphabet, calledy and written in theLatin script.
  2. The name of theLatin-script lettery/Y.

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Malay

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Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Malayalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Mandinka

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Pronoun

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y

  1. they,them(personal pronoun)

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Mandinka personal pronouns
singularplural
1st personnte,n,mntolu,ntelu,n
2nd personite,ialtolu,altelu,al
3rd personate,aitolu,itelu,y

Manx

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Article

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y

  1. Alternative form ofyn

Mbyá Guaraní

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Noun

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y

  1. water

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Pronoun

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y

  1. Alternative form ofI

Etymology 2

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Preposition

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y

  1. Alternative form ofin(in)

Middle French

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Adverb

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y

  1. there (in a given place)
    • 1488, Jean Dupré,Lancelot du Lac, page12:
      Or me dictes fist Lancelot, des lettres qui illec sont escriptes, savez vous qui lesy fist mettre
      Now tell me, said Lancelot, about these letters that are written here, do you know who put them here?

Navajo

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Pronunciation

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  1. IPA(key): /j/,/ɣ/

Letter

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y (upper caseY)

  1. Aletter of the Navajoalphabet, written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

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The lettery is used for the phoneme/j/, but also for/ɣ/ before afront vowel, where that is pronounced[ʝ].

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Norwegian

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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y

  1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Norwegianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

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  • Perhaps the most troublesome sound in Norwegian. Even some native speakers tend to merge it into/i(ː)/.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Norseýr, fromProto-Germanic*īhwaz. Akin toEnglishyew.

Noun

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y m (definite singularyen,indefinite pluralyar,definite pluralyane)

  1. (obsolete)yew
    Synonym:barlind
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Etymology 2

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FromOld Norseúa, influenced bykry.

Verb

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y (present tenseyr,past tenseydde,past participleytt/ydd,passive infinitiveyast,present participleyande,imperativey)

  1. tocrawl(of small animals)

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Nupe

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-eighthletter of the Nupealphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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y (upper caseY)

  1. Aletter of the Old Englishalphabet, written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

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  • This letter always represents theIPA vowel /y/, never the consonant /j/ thaty sometimes represents in modern English.
  • Old English texts often include atittle above the letter: ⟨ẏ⟩
  • Although Old English texts typically did not mark vowel length, modern editions of Old English manuscripts typically do. Some editions mark the long version of this vowel with ⟨ý⟩, but ⟨ȳ⟩ is now more common.

Old Tupi

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited fromProto-Tupi-Guarani*tɨ(liquid, urine), fromProto-Tupian*tˀɨ(liquid, urine).Doublet ofty.[1][2]

Cognate withSateré-Mawé(river),Guaraníty(urine).

Noun

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y (possessable,IIb class pluriform,absolutety,R1ry,R2ty)

  1. water
    Synonym:'y
  2. liquid
    Synonym:yku
  3. humidity
    Synonyms:yby'y,akymaíba
    Coordinate terms:abyaru,'a'y
  4. juice,while it's still inside the fruit
  5. broth
    Synonym:îekysy
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Adjective

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y (IIb class pluriform,R1ry,R2ty,noun formy)

  1. humid
    Synonyms:yby'y,akymaíb

Etymology 2

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Inherited fromProto-Tupi-Guarani*tɨ(river), fromProto-Tupian*it͡ʃˀɨ(river).[1][3]

Cognate withAwetí(river) andSateré-Mawéihɨ(river).

Noun

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y (possessable,IIb class pluriform,absolutety,R1ry,R2ty)

  1. river
    Synonym:'y

References

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  1. 1.01.1Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010)Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, pages403–404
  2. ^Andrey Nikulin (2020)Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo[2] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
  3. ^Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues (2007) “As consoantes do proto-tupí”, in Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral, editors,Línguas e culturas tupí[3], 1 edition, volume 1, Campinas: Curt Nimuendajú, pages167–204

Further reading

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Papiamentu

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Alternative forms

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  • i(alternative spelling)

Etymology

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FromSpanishy andPortuguesee andKabuverdianui.

Conjunction

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y

  1. and

Polish

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Etymology

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The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See thehistory of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, andy for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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y (upper caseY,lower case)

  1. The twenty-ninthletter of the Polishalphabet, calledy origrek and written in theLatin script.

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Letter name:(ípsilon)

Letter name:(i grego)

 

Phoneme:

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Portuguesealphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Quechua

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Adverb

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y

  1. really,truly

Romanian

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Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The thirtiethletter of the Romanianalphabet, calledigrec ori grec and written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

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Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

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Silesian

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Etymology

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The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theSilesian language article on Wikipedia for more, andy for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The thirty-firstletter of the Silesianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Slovak

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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y (upper caseY)

  1. The forty-secondletter of the Slovakalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Spanish

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (letter name)/ˈʝe/[ˈɟ͡ʝe]
  • IPA(key): (letter name, everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)/ˈʝe/[ˈɟ͡ʝe]
  • IPA(key): (letter name, Buenos Aires and environs)/ˈʃe/[ˈʃe]
  • IPA(key): (letter name, elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)/ˈʒe/[ˈʒe]

  • /i/ in the conjunction (see below) and in word-final diphthongs (e.g.hoy,rey); otherwise/ʝ/.

Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-sixthletter of the Spanishalphabet, calledye ori griega and written in theLatin script.

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Etymology 2

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Inherited fromOld Spanishé ore, fromLatinet.

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Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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y

  1. and
    • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra,Don Quijote de la Mancha1, Chapter I:
      Es, pues, de saber que este sobredicho hidalgo, los ratos que estaba ocioso —que eran los más del año—, se daba a leer libros de caballerías, con tanta aficióny gusto, que olvidó casi de todo punto el ejercicio de la cazay aun la administración de su hacienda;y llegó a tanto su curiosidady desatino en esto, que vendió muchas hanegas de tierra de sembradura para comprar libros de caballerías en que leer,y, así, llevó a su casa todos cuantos pudo haber dellos.
      You must know, then, that the above-named gentleman whenever he was at leisure (which was mostly all the year round) gave himself up to reading books of chivalry with such ardourand avidity that he almost entirely neglected the pursuit of his field-sports,and even the management of his property;and to such a pitch did his eagerness and infatuation go that he sold many an acre of tillageland to buy books of chivalry to read,and brought home as many of them as he could get.
  2. (in names of number)and
    setentay seisseventy-six
  3. (in arithmetic)plus,and
    unoy uno son dosoneplus one is two
  4. (informal)well
    ¡Y por supuesto!Well, of course!
  5. (informal)what about,how about, where is/are the
    Pero, ¿y el concierto? ¿Ya no vamos?Butwhat about the concert? Are we not going anymore?
    ¿Y la niña? ¿Está a salvo?How about the girl? Is she safe?
    ¿Y los archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo.Where are the files? I should take a look at them.
Usage notes
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  • Before words that begin with the/i/ sound, the forme is used instead (except when the meaning of the conjunction is "what about", in which case the formy is always used).
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Further reading

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Swedish

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Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Swedishalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromSpanishy. Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglishy.
  • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character(ya).
  • Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanishy.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈwaj/[ˈwaɪ̯](letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • IPA(key): /ˈja/[ˈja](letter name, Abakada alphabet)
    • IPA(key): /ˈje/[ˈjɛ](letter name, Abecedario)
    • IPA(key): /j/[j](phoneme)
    • IPA(key): /i/[ɪ](phoneme, used as a vowel)

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y (lower case,upper caseY,Baybayin spellingᜏᜌ᜔)

  1. The twenty-seventhletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theFilipino alphabet), calledway and written in theLatin script.
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Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY,Baybayin spelling)

  1. The twentiethletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theAbakada alphabet), calledya and written in theLatin script.

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y (lower case,upper caseY,Baybayin spellingᜌᜒ)

  1. (historical)The twenty-seventhletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theAbecedario), calledye and written in theLatin script.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromSpanishy.

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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y (Baybayin spelling)

  1. (archaic)and
    Synonyms:at,saka

Further reading

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  • y”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018

Tày

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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y

  1. toimitate, tomimic

Preposition

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y

  1. along
    y te hếtdo like he/she does (literally do along him/her)
    Đăm này thỏi cáu
    Follow the old customs (literally "plant rice like the previous rows")
  2. according to
    y cằm po̱ me̱according to the parents' words

References

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Lương Bèn (2011)Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[6][7] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Tlingit

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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y (upper caseY)

  1. Aletter of the Tlingitalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Turkish

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Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-eighthletter of the Turkishalphabet, calledye and written in theLatin script.

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Turkmen

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme)IPA(key): /ɯ/,/ɯː/

Letter

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y (upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-eighthletter of the Turkmenalphabet, calledy and written in theLatin script.

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Vietnamese

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VietnameseWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediavi

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from.

Pronoun

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y

  1. (archaic, literary)he;him;she;her
    • 1958, Đổng Chi Nguyễn, “Thạch Sùng còn thiếu mẻ kho hay là Sự tích con mối”, inKho tàng truyện cố tích Việt Nam, NXB Văn sử địa:
      Hồi đó ở kinh đô có một người em hoàng hậu họ Vương.Y cũng là tay cự phú nổi tiếng tiền rừng biển bạc và xài phí vào bậc nhất.
      At the time, there was in the capital a brother of the queen of the Wáng family.He was also a famous for being immensely rich and was an extravagant spender of first degree.
  2. (derogatory)he,him
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Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from.

Adverb

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y

  1. (informal)exactly;precisely (like)
    y nhưexactly like/as
    y như thậtso realistic (literally, “exactly like real life”)
    y changvery much like
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Etymology 3

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Sino-Vietnamese word from.

Noun

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y

  1. (medicine)medicine;physician
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Võro

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Letter

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y (uppercaseY)

  1. Theletter of the Võroalphabet, written in theLatin script.

Wayampi

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Noun

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y

  1. Alternative form ofɨɨ(water)
    ay'ú.I drinkwater.

References

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  • Handbook of Amazonian Languages, volume 4 (1998), edited by Desmond C. Derbyshire, Geoffrey K. Pullum

Welsh

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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  • (withgrave accent to indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel/ə/)
  • ý(withacute accent to indicate unusually stressed short vowel)
  • ŷ(withcircumflex to indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel)
  • ÿ(withdiaeresis to indicate disyllabicity)

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Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-ninthletter of the Welshalphabet, calledy and written in theLatin script.
Mutation
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  • y cannot be mutated but, being a vowel, does takeh-prothesis, for example with the wordysgol(school; ladder):
Mutated forms ofysgol
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
ysgolunchangedunchangedhysgol

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

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  • Digraph sequences:yw
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Noun

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y f (pluralyau)

  1. The name of theLatin-script letterY/y.
Mutation
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Mutated forms ofy
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
yunchangedunchangedhy

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

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Welshy,yr, fromOld Welshir, ultimately fromProto-Celtic*sindos.

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  • 'r(used after vowels)
  • yr(used before vowels and h)

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Article

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y (definite)(triggers soft mutation of a feminine singular noun, exceptll andrh remain unmutated)

  1. the
    ybachgenmthe boy
    yferchfthe girl
    yllongfthe ship
    ybechgynplthe boys
    ymerchedplthe girls

Etymology 3

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Merger of two formerly distinct particles,ydd andyd.

Alternative forms

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  • yr(used before vowels andh)

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Particle

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y

  1. (literary)that(preverbal particle used to mark asubordinate clause)
    Wyt ti'n meddwly gall hi ddod?
    Do you thinkthat she can come?
    Mae hi'n gwybody byddet ti'n gwrando arni hi.
    She knowsthat you would listen to her.
  2. (literary)which,whom(particle used with indirect relative clauses)
    y dyny dysgais ei fabthe manwhose son I taught
    y ferchy gwrandewais arnithe girl towhom I listened
  3. (literary)preverbal particle used to mark an affirmative verb in amain clause
    • 1620, William Morgan,Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan,Genesis 1:1:
      Yn y dechreuady creodd Duw y nefoedd a’r ddaear.
      In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
    Synonyms:mi,fe(colloquial)
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  • y is almost always omitted in colloquial speech.
  • y is used to mean 'that' (i.e. mark a subordinate clause) when the subordinate clause begins with an affirmative form ofbod not in the present tense, or another affirmative verb in any tense apart from the preterite.
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  • a
  • bod
  • mai(with fronted element, marked for emphasis)
  • i
  • na(negative)

Yele

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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y (upper caseY)

  1. A letter of theYele alphabet.

Usage notes

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After a consonant, the letter indicatespalatalization, except that expected *ty and *nty are spelledch andnj.

Derived terms

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  • The digraphyw is used after a consonantm mb p for/◌ᶣ/ inlabio-palatalizedmyw mbyw pyw.
  • Palatalizeddny, dmy, dpy, dy, kpy, ky, ly, mby, mty, my, ndy, nmy, ny, py, tpy, vy.

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Yoruba

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Yorubaalphabet, called and written in theLatin script.

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Zulu

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Letter

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y (lower case,upper caseY)

  1. The twenty-fifthletter of the Zulualphabet, written in theLatin script.

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