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Old Tupi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨ, from Proto-Tupian *ʔɨ (“water”).
Cognate with Sateré-Mawé and Awetí ʔɨ and Guaraní y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɨ
- Hyphenation: 'y
Noun
'y (possessable)
- water
- Synonym: y
- river
- Synonym: y
- spring (water source)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 403
- ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
Further reading
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Particle
'y (Baybayin spelling ᜌ᜔)
- (informal or literary) Contraction of ay following a word ending in a vowel or ⟨n⟩
Usage notes
- Where it is used after a word ending in n, it usually elides that letter (e.g. paraa'y from paraan ay
- Where it is used after a word ending with a diphthong, it usually elides the final letter of the diphthong (e.g. ika'y from ikaw ay)
Welsh
Pronunciation
Determiner
’y (triggers nasal mutation)
- Informal form of fy (“my”).