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Translingual

Letter

y (upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

  • (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
  • (Variations of letter Y):  Ýý  Ỳỳ  Ŷŷ  ẙ  Ÿÿ  Ỹỹ  Ẏẏ  Ȳȳ  Ỷỷ  Ỵỵ  Ɏɏ  Ƴƴ  ʏ  Yy  Ꝡꝡ

Pronunciation

Symbol

y

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

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See also

Other representations of Y:

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ˈwaɪ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /i/, /ɪ/, /aɪ/, /ə/, /j/
  • (letter name): Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Homophones: why, Wye, wye

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y, plural ys or y's)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wy or wye and written in the Latin script.
See also
  • (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
  • Historically, this letter was sometimes used to approximate þ, as in yt (that), (thou), and ye (the) (which see for more).

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

y

  1. (stenoscript) the sound sequence /ɔɪ̯/.
  2. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of why.
  3. (stenoscript) the suffix -ry or -rry.

Noun

y

  1. Abbreviation of year.
  2. (UK, television) Abbreviation of youth, usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked.
    Y7
  3. (computing) Abbreviation of yes.
Derived terms

Adverb

y (not comparable)

  1. (slang, text messaging, Internet slang, stenoscript) Abbreviation of why.

See also

  • U
  • V

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

Conjunction

y

  1. and

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin et, from Proto-Indo-European *éti.

Conjunction

y

  1. and

Pronoun

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

  1. Pronoun for the third-person singular indirect object.

Usage notes

  • Usually seen as -y

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /j/

Letter

y lower case (upper case Y)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i ɡreko/, [i ɣ̞re̞.ko̞]

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Basque alphabet, called i greko and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Catalan

Conjunction

y

  1. Obsolete form of i (and).

Cornish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *eið, from Proto-Celtic *esyo m and *esyās f; compare Old Irish a (his, her, its, their) and Sanskrit अस्य (asyá, his, its) and अस्यास् (asyā́s, her).

Pronoun

y

  1. (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form) his

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *eyes, plural of *es, from Proto-Indo-European *éy. Cognate with Breton i(nt), Irish ia(d) and Welsh hwy

Pronoun

y

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

Etymology 3

From Proto-Celtic *ide- (compare Breton e, ez, Welsh y, yth, Old Irish id), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁i-dʰei- (compare Latin ibi (here), Avestan 𐬌𐬛𐬁 (idā, here, in the same way), and Sanskrit इह (ihá, here)).

Particle

y (triggers mixed mutation)

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

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • ij (in some words)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

Usage notes

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 Dutch jij (IPA: /jɛɪ/).

See also

  • Previous letter: x
  • Next letter: z

Fala

Conjunction

y

  1. Alternative form of i

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iː/
  • Homophone: i

Letter

y (upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

Finnish

Etymology

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. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and y for information on the development of the glyph itself. In particular, the use of y for /y/ follows the Swedish orthography, which in turn follows Latin.

Pronunciation

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called yy and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

French

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /i.ɡʁɛk/

Letter

y

  1. a letter in the French alphabet, after x and before z

Etymology 2

10th century; from Old French i, from Latin hīc (here) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi-ḱe (this, here)), with meaning influenced by Old French iv (there, thither), itself from Latin ibī. Derivation from the latter poses difficulty from a phonetic standpoint. Compare Catalan hi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i/
  • Homophones: hie, hies, hient, i

Pronoun

y (adverbial)

  1. there (at a place)
  2. there, thither (to there)
  3. Used as a pronoun to replace an adverbial phrase starting with à.
    1. With verbs: see Appendix: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 being y compris, which is a special case), mainly in legal terminology.
      personnes y nomméesPersons named there(in)
      procédures y afférentesRelated procedures
      documents y relatifsRelated documents
      eaux y affluentesTributary waters
Derived terms
  • y avoir
  • y compris
Related terms

Etymology 3

Eye dialect spelling or contraction of il and ils.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i/

Pronoun

y

  1. (Quebec, colloquial) he: alternative form of il
  2. (Quebec, colloquial) they: alternative form of ils
  3. (Quebec, colloquial) they: alternative form of elles

Further reading

  • “y”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Fula

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /j/

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

German

Pronunciation

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

Letter

y n (strong, genitive y, plural y)

  1. the letter y

Guaraní

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɨ/

Noun

y

  1. water

Derived terms

  • ysyry (river)

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of yo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /j/

Pronoun

y

  1. Contraction of yo.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. A letter of the extended Hungarian alphabet, called ipszilon and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

As shown in the alphabet below, this letter normally occurs in Hungarian words only as part of four digraphs: gylyny, and ty (with their long counterparts: ggy, lly, nny, tty). Aside from them, the terms containing y defined in an extensive Hungarian monolingual dictionary are baby-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 contains bicsérdysta, byte, copyright, and cowboycsizma. (The forms dandy, gentry, happy end (happy ending), jersey, maya, nylon, and yen are also mentioned as alternative forms in the former volume, but their current standard spelling is dendi, dzsentri, dzsörzé, hepiend, jen, maja, and nejlon.)

Proper names written with y include the country names Guyana, Paraguay, Seychelle-szigetek, and Uruguay and the capital names Conakry, Port Moresby, and Reykjavík. Other names deriving from Latin alphabets are also retained (such as English Calgary, Hollywood, Kentucky, Montgomery, New Jersey, New York, Sydney, Wyoming etc., German Bayreuth, Speyer, Steyr, French Lyon, Mayotte, Nancy, Vichy, and Polish Białystok, Bydgoszcz, Przemyśl). Otherwise, this letter is usually transcribed in country and city names, for example Jemen (Yemen), Malajzia (Malaysia), Nepjida (Naypyidaw), and Rijád (Riyadh).

Declension

Derived terms

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

References

Further reading

  • y in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Ido

Pronunciation

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

Letter

y (upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /je/
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /j/

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) huruf; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Italian

Letter

y f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case Y)

  1. the twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet, called ipsilon, i greco or i greca in Italian

Usage notes

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

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Spanish y and Portuguese e .

Conjunction

y

  1. and

References

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

Kamayurá

Noun

y

  1. Alternative form of

References

  • Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN

Kashubian

Etymology

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

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

Khumi Chin

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɘ˥/

Particle

y

  1. no

References

  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[4], Payap University, page 47

Ladin

Conjunction

y

  1. and

Latgalian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ɨ/

Letter

y (upper case Y)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Latgalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, Ģ ģ, H h, I i, Y y, Ī ī, J j, K k, Ķ ķ, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /yː/, [yː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i/, [iː]

Noun

ȳ f (indeclinable)

  1. A name of the letter Y.

Synonyms

  • (name of the letter Y): ī graeca, ȳpsīlon

Coordinate terms

  • (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

References

  • y in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Latin Grammar (3rd ed., 1895), page 1
    The Latin names for the letters… For Y the sound was used, for Z the Greek name (zēta).

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /iː/

Letter

y (upper case Y)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called i ilgoji and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ę ę, Ė ė, F f, G g, H h, I i, Į į, Y y, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ų ų, Ū ū, V v, Y y, Z z, Ž ž

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɨ/

Letter

y (upper case Y)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called y and written in the Latin script.
  2. The name of the Latin-script letter y.

See also

  • See Template:list:Latin script letters/dsb.
  • See Template:list:Latin script letter names/dsb.

Malay

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Mandinka

Pronoun

y

  1. they, them (personal pronoun)

See also

Manx

Article

y

  1. Alternative form of yn

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

y

  1. water

References

  • Léxico Guaraní, dialeto Mbyá : versão para fins acadêmicos (1998)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

y

  1. Alternative form of I

Etymology 2

Preposition

y

  1. Alternative form of in (in)

Middle French

Adverb

y

  1. there (in a given place)

Navajo

Pronunciation

  1. IPA(key): /j/, /ɣ/

Letter

y (upper case Y)

  1. A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

The letter ⟨y⟩ is used for the phoneme /j/, but also for /ɣ/ before a front vowel, where that is pronounced [ʝ].

See also

  • Appendix:Navajo alphabet

Norwegian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /yː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /yː/, /y/

Letter

y

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ýr, from Proto-Germanic *īhwaz. Akin to English yew.

Noun

y m (definite singular yen, indefinite plural yar, definite plural yane)

  1. (obsolete) yew
    Synonym: barlind
Related terms
  • Ivar m
  • Iveland
  • Ivesdal

Etymology 2

From Old Norse úa, influenced by kry.

Verb

y (present tense yr, past tense ydde, past participle ytt/ydd, passive infinitive yast, present participle yande, imperative y)

  1. to crawl (of small animals)

References

  • “y” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Nupe

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /j/

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɨ/
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: y

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tɨ (liquid, urine), from Proto-Tupian *tˀɨ (liquid, urine). Doublet of ty.

Cognate with Sateré-Mawé (river), Guaraní ty (urine).

Noun

y (IIb class pluriform, absolute ty, R1 ry, R2 ty) (possessable)

  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
Derived terms

Adjective

y (IIb class pluriform, R1 ry, R2 ty)

  1. humid
    Synonyms: yby'y, akymaíb

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tɨ (river), from Proto-Tupian *it͡ʃˀɨ (river).

Cognate with Awetí (river) and Sateré-Mawé ihɨ (river).

Noun

y (IIb class pluriform, absolute ty, R1 ry, R2 ty) (possessable)

  1. river
    Synonym: 'y

References

Further reading

  • Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013), “y”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 513, column 1

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

  • i (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Spanish y and Portuguese e and Kabuverdianu i.

Conjunction

y

  1. and

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɨ/

Letter

y (upper case Y, lower case)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Polish alphabet, called y or igrek and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Letter name: (ípsilon)

Letter name: (i grego)

Phoneme:

  • IPA(key): /i/, /j/ (loanwords)

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Quechua

Adverb

y

  1. really, truly

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /j/, /i/

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called igrec or i grec and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Silesian

Etymology

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

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Spanish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (phoneme) /ʝ/, /i/

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

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called ye or i griega and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish è or e, from Latin et.

Alternative forms

  • e
  • i (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (preconsonantal) /i/ [i]
    • Rhymes: -i
    • Syllabification: y
  • IPA(key): (prevocalic) [i̯]
    • Rhymes:

Conjunction

y

  1. and
    • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quijote de la Mancha1, Chapter I:
  2. (in names of number) and
    setenta y seisseventy-six
  3. (in arithmetic) plus, and
    uno y uno son dosone plus 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?But what 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
  • Before words that begin with the /i/ sound, the form e is used instead.
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “y”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Spanish y. Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English y.
  • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character (ya).
  • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish y.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: y
  • (letter name, Filipino alphabet): IPA(key): /waj/, [waɪ̯]
  • (letter name, Abakada alphabet): IPA(key): /ja/, [jɐ]
  • (letter name, Abecedario): IPA(key): /ˈje/, [ˈjɛ]
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /j/, [j]
  • (phoneme, used as a vowel): IPA(key): /i/, [ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -aj, -a, -e

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y, Baybayin spelling ᜏᜌ᜔)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called way and written in the Latin script.
See also
  • (Latin-script letters) titik; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y, Baybayin spelling )

  1. The twentieth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abakada alphabet), called ya and written in the Latin script.

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y, Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒ)

  1. (historical) The twenty-seventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called ye and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish y.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: y
  • IPA(key): /ʔi/, [ʔɪ]

Conjunction

y (Baybayin spelling )

  1. (archaic) and
    Synonyms: at, saka

Further reading

  • “y”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tày

Pronunciation

  • (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [ʔi˧˧]
  • (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [ʔi˦˥]

Verb

y

  1. to imitate, to mimic

Preposition

y

  1. along
    y te hếtdo like he/she does (literally do along him/her)
  2. according to
    y cằm po̱ me̱according to the parents' words

References

Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[5][6] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Turkish

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ye and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

Turkmen

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ɯ/, /ɯː/

Letter

y (upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called y and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔi˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɪj˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɪj˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Pronoun

y

  1. (archaic, literary) he; him; she; her
  2. (derogatory) he, him
See also
  • thị

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Adverb

y

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

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun

y

  1. (medicine) medicine; physician
Derived terms

Wayampi

Noun

y

  1. Alternative form of ɨɨ (water)
    ay'ú.I drink water.

References

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

Welsh

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • (with grave accent to indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel /ə/):
  • (with acute accent to indicate unusually stressed short vowel): ý
  • (with circumflex to indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel): ŷ
  • (with diaeresis to indicate disyllabicity): ÿ

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /ə/
    • (informal) IPA(key): /əː/
  • Rhymes:

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called y and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by w.
Mutation
  • y cannot be mutated but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word ysgol (school; ladder):
Derived terms
  • Digraph sequences: yw
See also
  • (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
  • (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i / i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u / u bedol / u gwpan, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd

Noun

y f (plural yau)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Y.
Mutation

Etymology 2

From Middle Welsh y, yr, from Old Welsh ir, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *sindos.

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ə/
  • Rhymes:

Article

y (definite) (triggers soft mutation of a feminine singular noun, except ll and rh remain unmutated)

  1. the
    y bachgen mthe boy
    y ferch fthe girl
    y llong fthe ship
    y bechgyn plthe boys
    y merched plthe girls

Etymology 3

Merger of two formerly distinct particles, ydd and yd.

  • (1) from earlier ydd, from Middle Welsh , from Proto-Celtic *ide- (compare Breton e, ez, Cornish y, yth, Old Irish id), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁i-dʰei- (compare Latin ibi (here), Avestan 𐬌𐬛𐬁 (idā, here, in the same way), and Sanskrit इह (ihá, here)).
  • (2) from earlier yd, from Middle Welsh yt, from Old Welsh it, from Proto-Celtic *ita- (compare Breton e, ez); akin to Latin ita (so, thus), dialectal Lithuanian it (as), and Sanskrit íti (thus, in this manner).

Alternative forms

  • yr (used before vowels and h)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ə/
  • Rhymes:

Particle

y

  1. (literary) that (preverbal particle used to mark a subordinate clause)
  2. (literary) which, whom (particle used with indirect relative clauses)
    y dyn y dysgais ei fabthe man whose son I taught
    y ferch y gwrandewais arnithe girl to whom I listened
  3. (literary) preverbal particle used to mark an affirmative verb in a main clause
Usage notes
  • 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 of bod not in the present tense, or another affirmative verb in any tense apart from the preterite.
Related terms
  • a
  • bod
  • mai (with fronted element, marked for emphasis)
  • i
  • na (negative)

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /j/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /jí/

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
  • As used in Benin: (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y

Zulu

Letter

y (lower case, upper case Y)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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