ʼy

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See also: y̓, yʼ, and Appendix:Variations of "y"

Avokaya

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˀj/

Letter

ʼy (uppercase ʼY)

A letter of the Avokaya alphabet.

Hausa

Alternative forms

ƴ in Niger

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /j̰/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Letter

ʼy (upper case ʼY)

(Nigeria) A letter of the Hausa alphabet, written in the Latin script..

See also

(Latin-script letters) A a, B b, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ƙ ƙ, L l, M m, N n, O o, R r (R̃ r̃), S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ (ʼY ʼy), Z z, '

Kayabí

Noun

ʼy

water
river

Further reading

Rose Dobson, Aspectos da língua kayabí (1988) and Gramática Prática com Exercícios da Língua Kayabi (1997) ('y)
Antônio Augusto Souza Mello, Estudo Histórico da Família Lingüística Tupi-Guarani: Aspectos Fonológicos e Lexicais (2000) (ʔɨ)

Kwak'wala

Alternative forms

y̓ in Liqʼwala dialect

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jˀ/

Letter

ʼy (upper case ʼY)

A letter of the Kwak'wala alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʔɨ/

Noun

ʼy

water
river

References

NAVARRO, E. A. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.
NAVARRO, E. A. Método moderno de tupi antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos". São Paulo. Global. 2005.

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