Dy
- (chemistry)Chemical symbol fordysprosium.
FromKhmerឌី(dii).
Dy (pluralDys)
- Asurname from Khmer.
FromHokkien李 (Lí), viaSpanishDy, with the initial pronounced as an[l̪] changed to⟨D⟩ due to[l̪]~[d̪]allophony when the next vowel is either,[i],[e], or[u] inHokkien.[1][2]
Dy
- asurname
- ^Douglas, Carstairs (1873), “D.”, inChinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co.,page99;New Edition, With Corrections by the Author.,Thomas Barclay,Lîm Iàn-sîn林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England,1899,page99
- ^Van der Loon, Piet (1967), “The Manila Incunabula and Early Hokkien Studies, Part 2”, inAsia Major (New Series)[1], volume13, page113
Dy (lower casedy)
- A letter of theMazahua alphabet.
FromHokkien李 (Lí), viaSpanishDy, with the initial pronounced as an[l̪] changed to⟨D⟩ due to[l̪]~[d̪]allophony when the next vowel is either,[i],[e], or[u] inHokkien.[1][2] CompareIndonesianLie.
Dy (Baybayin spellingᜇᜒ)
- a Chinese Filipinosurname from Hokkien
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014,Dy is the 473rd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 17,842 individuals.
- ^Douglas, Carstairs (1873), “D.”, inChinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co.,page99;New Edition, With Corrections by the Author.,Thomas Barclay,Lîm Iàn-sîn林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England,1899,page99
- ^Van der Loon, Piet (1967), “The Manila Incunabula and Early Hokkien Studies, Part 2”, inAsia Major (New Series)[2], volume13, page113
Dy (lower casedy)
- A digraph inXhosa orthography.
