y

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

y U+0079,y LATIN SMALL LETTER Y ←x [U+0078] Basic Latin z→ [U+007A]

Character variations

ʸ U+02B8,ʸ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL Y ←ʷ [U+02B7] Spacing Modifier Letters ʹ→ [U+02B9]

ｙ U+FF59,ｙ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER Y ←ｘ [U+FF58] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｚ→ [U+FF5A]

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Translingual

Letter

y(upper caseY)

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

See also

• (Latin script):AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSſsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz
• (Variations of letter Y):ÝýỲỳŶŷẙŸÿỸỹẎẏȲȳỶỷỴỵɎɏƳƴʏＹｙꝠꝡ

Pronunciation

• Pronunciation of IPA[yː]:

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Symbol

y

1. (metrology)Symbol for the prefixyocto-.
2. (IPA)aclose front rounded vowel:the Germanü-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.

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase versions ofY,in normal and italic type
• 
  Uppercase and lowercaseYinFraktur

See also

Other representations of Y:

NATO phonetic:Yankee Morse code:–·–– Braille:⠽ ASL Manual:Y

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/ˈwaɪ/

• Audio(General American):

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

Letter

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

1. The twenty-fifthletterof the Englishalphabet,calledwyorwyeand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)letter;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz
• Historically, this letter was sometimes used to approximateþ,as inyt(“that”),yͧ(“thou”),andye(“the”)(which see for more).

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

y

1. (stenoscript)the sound sequence /ɔɪ̯/.
2. (stenoscript)Abbreviationofwhy.
3. (stenoscript)the suffix-ryor-rry.

Noun

y

1. Abbreviationofyear.
   • 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)Abbreviationofyouth,usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked.

   Y7

3. (computing)Abbreviationofyes.

Derived terms

• Y2K
• y-axis
• y-direction
• y-front
• y-intercept
• y-wing
• y-word

Adverb

y(notcomparable)

1. (slang,text messaging,Internetslang)Abbreviationofwhy.

See also

• U
• V

Aragonese

Etymology

FromLatinet,fromProto-Indo-European*éti.

Conjunction

y

1. and

Asturian

Etymology

FromLatinet,fromProto-Indo-European*éti.

Conjunction

y

1. and

Pronoun

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

1. Pronoun for the third-person singularindirect object.

   da-y pan

   give him/her bread

Usage notes

• Usually seen as-y

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/j/

Letter

ylower case(upper caseY)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)hərf;Aa,Bb,Cc,Çç,Dd,Ee,Əə,Ff,Gg,Ğğ,Hh,Xx,Iı,İi,Jj,Kk,Qq,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Öö,Pp,Rr,Ss,Şş,Tt,Uu,Üü,Vv,Yy,Zz

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/i ɡreko/,[i ɣ̞re̞.ko̞]

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

1. The twenty-sixthletterof the Basquealphabet,calledi grekoand written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

• Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Bb,Cc(Çç),Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ññ,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu(Üü),Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Catalan

Conjunction

y

1. Obsoleteform ofi(“and”).

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɪː/

Etymology 1

FromProto-Brythonic*eið,fromProto-Celtic*esyomand*esyāsf;compareOld Irisha(“his, her, its, their”)andSanskritअस्य(asyá,“his, its”)andअस्यास्(asyā́s,“her”).

Pronoun

y

1. (Standard Cornish,Standard Written Form)his

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

y

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

Etymology 3

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

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/

• Audio:

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Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

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 Dutchjij(IPA: /jɛɪ/).

See also

• Previous letter:x
• Next letter:z

Fala

Conjunction

y

1. Alternative form ofi

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/iː/
• Homophone:i

Letter

y(upper caseY)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)bókstavur;Aa,Áá,Bb,Dd,Ðð,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Óó,Pp,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Úú,Vv,Yy,Ýý,Ææ,Øø

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. Seethe Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information,andyfor 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

• Audio;“yy,nyökkäys,tyttö,yy”:

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Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

1. The twenty-fourthletterof the Finnishalphabet,calledyyand written in theLatin script.

Derived terms

compounds

• y-akseli
• y-arvo
• y-suunta

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)kirjain;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss(Šš),Tt,Uu,Vv(Ww),Xx,Yy,Zz(Žž),Åå,Ää,Öö

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

InheritedfromLatinhīc.

Pronoun

y(ORB, broad)

1. it(third-person singular neuter dative)

See also

Franco-Provençal personal pronouns

singular	nominative	accusative	dative	tonic1	possessive2
1stperson	jo	mè			min
2ndperson	te	tè			tin
3rdperson masculine	il	lo/le	lui		sin
3rdperson feminine	el	la	lyé
3rdperson neuter	o		y	—
3rdperson reflexive	—	sè
plural	nominative	accusative	dative	tonic1	possessive2
1stperson	nos				noutro
2ndperson	vos				voutro
3rdperson masculine	ils	los/les	lor		lor
3rdperson feminine	els	les	lor/lyés
3rdperson reflexive	—	sè
1Disjunctive or object of a preposition.		2Generally preceded by a definite article.

References

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

French

Etymology 1

Fromi grec(“Greek i”),referring to the letterupsilon(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, afterxand beforez

Etymology 2

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.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

y(adverbial)

1. there(at a place)

   Il est dans la maison. Ilyest.

   He is in the house. He isthere.

2. there,thither(to there)

   Nous allons au Mexique. Nousyallons.

   We are going to Mexico. We are goingthere.

3. Used as a pronoun to replace anadverbial phrasestarting withà.

   Je pense à mon pays. J’ypense.

   I think about my country. I thinkabout it.

   1. With verbs: seeAppendix:French verbs followed by àfor 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.

      personnesynommées―Persons named there(in)

      procéduresyafférentes―Related procedures

      documentsyrelatifs―Related documents

      eauxyaffluentes―Tributary waters

Derived terms

• y avoir
• y compris

Related terms

French personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Locative (at)	Genitive (of)	Disjunctive (tonic)
Singular	First	—	je,j’	me,m’		—	—	moi
	Second	—	tu	te,t’		—	—	toi
	Third	Masculine	il	le,l’	lui	y	en	lui
		Feminine	elle	la,l’				elle
		Indeterminate	on1	—	—	—	—	—
		Reflexive	—	se,s’4		—	—	soi4
Plural	First	—	nous	nous		—	—	nous
	Second	—	vous2	vous2,3		—	—	vous2
	Third	Masculine	ils3	les	leur	y	en	eux3
		Feminine	elles					elles

¹Also used as the first person plural.

²Also used as the polite singular form.

³Also used when a group has both men and women.

⁴Also used as third person plural reflexive.

Etymology 3

Eye dialectspelling orcontractionofilandils.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/i/

Pronoun

y

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

Further reading

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

Fula

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/j/

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

1. Aletterof the Fulaalphabet,written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)karfeeje;',Aa,Bb,Mbmb,Ɓɓ,Cc,Dd,Ndnd,Ɗɗ,Ee,Ff,Gg,Ngng,Ɠɠ,Hh,Ii,Jj,Njnj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ŋŋ,Ññ,Ɲɲ,Oo,Pp,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Ww,Yy,Ƴƴ

German

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Letter

yn(strong,genitivey,pluraly)

1. the lettery

Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɨ/

Noun

y

1. water

Derived terms

• ysyry(“river”)

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction ofyo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/j/

Pronoun

y

1. Contraction ofyo.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

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

Usage notes

As shown in the alphabet below, this letter normally occurs in Hungarian words only as part of four digraphs:gy,ly,ny,andty(with their long counterparts:ggy, lly, nny, tty). Aside from them, the terms containingydefined in an extensive Hungarian monolingual dictionaryarebaby-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,złotyand the letter itself. Additionally, a newer and more comprehensive but as yet incomplete dictionarycontainsbicsérdysta,byte,copyright,andcowboycsizma.(The formsdandy,gentry,happy end(“happy ending”),jersey,maya,nylon,andyenare also mentioned as alternative forms in the former volume, but their current standard spelling isdendi,dzsentri,dzsörzé,hepiend,jen,maja,andnejlon.)

Proper names written withyinclude the country namesGuyana,Paraguay,Seychelle-szigetek,andUruguayand 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, Wyomingetc., 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

Inflection (stem in-o-,back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	y	y-ok
accusative	y-t	y-okat
dative	y-nak	y-oknak
instrumental	y-nal	y-okkal
causal-final	y-ért	y-okért
translative	y-ná	y-okká
terminative	y-ig	y-okig
essive-formal	y-ként	y-okként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	y-ban	y-okban
superessive	y-on	y-okon
adessive	y-nál	y-oknál
illative	y-ba	y-okba
sublative	y-ra	y-okra
allative	y-hoz	y-okhoz
elative	y-ból	y-okból
delative	y-ról	y-okról
ablative	y-tól	y-októl
non-attributive possessive - singular	y-é	y-oké
non-attributive possessive - plural	y-éi	y-okéi

Possessive formsofy
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	y-om	y-aim,y-jaim
2nd person sing.	y-od	y-aid,y-jaid
3rd person sing.	y-a,y-ja	y-ai,y-jai
1st person plural	y-unk	y-aink,y-jaink
2nd person plural	y-otok	y-aitok,y-jaitok
3rd person plural	y-uk,y-juk	y-aik,y-jaik

Derived terms

• y-nyi
• y-odik
• y-os

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)betű;Aa,Áá,Bb,Cc,Cscs,Dd,Dzdz,Dzsdzs,Ee,Éé,Ff,Gg,Gygy,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Ll,Lyly,Mm,Nn,Nyny,Oo,Óó,Öö,Őő,Pp,Rr,Ss,Szsz,Tt,Tyty,Uu,Úú,Üü,Űű,Vv,Zz,Zszs.Only in the extended alphabet:QqWwXxYy.Commonly used:ch.Also defined:àë.In surnames (selection):äaaczdseéeöewoeoóthtsÿ.

Further reading

• yinBárczi, GézaandLászló 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

Letter

y(upper caseY)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)bókstafur;Aa,Áá,Bb,Dd,Ðð,Ee,Éé,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Óó,Pp,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Úú,Vv,Xx,Yy,Ýý,Þþ,Ææ,Öö

Ido

Pronunciation

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

Letter

y(upper caseY)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)litero;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)huruf;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Italian

Letter

yform(invariable,lower case,upper caseY)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of theLatin alphabet,calledipsilon,i grecoori grecain Italian

Usage notes

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

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

FromPortuguesee.

Conjunction

y

1. and

References

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

Kamayurá

Noun

y

1. Alternative form of'ɨ

References

• Languages of the Amazon(2012,→ISBN

Kankanaey

Etymology

BorrowedfromTagalogy.Letter pronunciation is influenced byEnglishy.

Pronunciation

• (letter name)IPA^(key):/waj/[wai̯]
  • Rhymes:-aj
• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/i/[i̞]
  • Rhymes:-i

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

1. The twenty-seventhletterof the Kankanaeyalphabet,calledwayand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)letra;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ññ,Ngng,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

References

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

Kashubian

Etymology

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

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Ąą,Ãã,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Éé,Ëë,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Łł,Mm,Nn,Oo,Òò,Óó,Ôô,Pp,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Ùù,Ww,Yy,Zz,Żż

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^[5],Payap University, page47

Ladin

Conjunction

y

1. and

Latgalian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/ɨ/

Letter

y(upper caseY)

1. The fourteenthletterof the Latgalianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Āā,Bb,Cc,Čč,Dd,Ee,Ēē,Ff,Gg,Ģģ,Hh,Ii,Yy,Īī,Jj,Kk,Ķķ,Ll,Ļļ,Mm,Nn,Ņņ,Oo,Ōō,Pp,Rr,Ss,Šš,Tt,Uu,Ūū,Vv,Zz,Žž

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ȳf(indeclinable)

1. A name of the letterY.

Synonyms

• (name of the letterY):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

• yin Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium 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 caseY)

1. The fifteenthletterof the Lithuanianalphabet,calledi ilgojiand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Ąą,Bb,Cc,Čč,Dd,Ee,Ęę,Ėė,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Įį,Yy,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Rr,Ss,Šš,Tt,Uu,Ųų,Ūū,Vv,Yy,Zz,Žž

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɨ/

Letter

y(upper caseY)

1. The thirty-firstletterof the Lower Sorbianalphabet,calledyand written in theLatin script.
2. The name of theLatin-scriptlettery/Y.

See also

• SeeTemplate:list:Latin script letters/dsb.
• SeeTemplate:list:Latin script letter names/dsb.

Malay

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Mandinka

Pronoun

y

1. they,them(personal pronoun)

See also

Mandinka personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		nte,n,m	ntolu,ntelu,n
2nd person		ite,i	altolu,altelu,al
3rd person		ate,a	itolu,itelu,y

Manx

Article

y

1. Alternative form ofyn

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 ofI

Etymology 2

Preposition

y

1. Alternative form ofin(“in”)

Middle French

Adverb

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 lesyfist mettre

     Now tell me, said Lancelot, about these letters that are written here, do you know who put them here?

Navajo

Pronunciation

1. IPA^(key):/j/,/ɣ/

Letter

y(upper caseY)

1. Aletterof the Navajoalphabet,written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

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

See also

• Appendix:Navajo alphabet

Norwegian

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

y

1. The twenty-fifthletterof the Norwegianalphabet,written in theLatin 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

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

Noun

ym(definite singularyen,indefinite pluralyar,definite pluralyane)

1. (obsolete)yew

   Synonym:barlind

Related terms

• Ivarm
• Iveland
• Ivesdal

Etymology 2

FromOld Norseúa,influenced bykry.

Verb

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

1. tocrawl(of small animals)

References

• “y”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Nupe

Pronunciation

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/j/

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)banki;Aa(Áá,Àà),Bb,Cc,Dd,Dzdz,Ee(Éé,Èè),Ff,Gg,Gbgb,Hh,Ii(Íí,Ìì),Jj,Kk,Kpkp,Ll,Mm(Ḿḿ,M̀m̀,M̄m̄),Nn(Ńń,Ǹǹ,N̄n̄),Oo(Óó,Òò),Pp,Rr,Ss,Shsh,Tt,Tsts,Uu(Úú,Ùù),Vv,Ww,Yy,Zz,Zhzh

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɨ/
• Rhymes:-ɨ
• Hyphenation:y

Etymology 1

InheritedfromProto-Tupi-Guarani*tɨ(“liquid, urine”),fromProto-Tupian*tˀɨ(“liquid, urine”).Doubletofty.

Cognate withSateré-Mawéhɨ(“river”),Guaraníty(“urine”).

Noun

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

Derived terms

• pakoby
• ypûera

Adjective

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

1. humid

   Synonyms:yby'y,akymaíb

Etymology 2

InheritedfromProto-Tupi-Guarani*tɨ(“river”),fromProto-Tupian*it͡ʃˀɨ(“river”).

Cognate withAwetíhɨ(“river”)andSateré-Mawéihɨ(“river”).

Noun

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

1. river

   Synonym:'y

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro(2013) “y”,inDicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil(overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global,→ISBN,page513,column 1

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• i(alternative spelling)

Etymology

FromSpanishyandPortugueseeandKabuverdianui.

Conjunction

y

1. and

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈi.ɡrɛk/
• Homophones:-y,-y-

Letter

y(upper caseY,lower case)

1. The twenty-ninthletterof the Polishalphabet,calledyorigrekand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Ąą,Bb,Cc,Ćć,Dd,Ee,Ęę,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Łł,Mm,Nn,Ńń,Oo,Óó,Pp(Qq),Rr,Ss,Śś,Tt,Uu(Vv),Ww(Xx),Yy,Zz,Źź,Żż

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Letter name:(ípsilon)

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈip.si.lõ/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈi.psi.lɔn/,/ˈi.pslɔn/

• Audio(Brazil):

  (file)

Letter name:(i grego)

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈi ˈɡɾe.ɡu/

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈi ˈɡɾe.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈi ˈɡɾe.ɡo/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈi ˈɡɾe.ɡu/[ˈi ˈɣɾe.ɣu]

Phoneme:

• IPA^(key):/i/,/j/(loanwords)

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)letra;Aa(Áá,Àà,Ââ,Ãã),Bb,Cc(Çç),Dd,Ee(Éé,Êê),Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii(Íí),Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo(Óó,Ôô,Õõ),Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu(Úú),Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Quechua

Adverb

y

1. really,truly

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/j/,/i/

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

1. The thirtiethletterof the Romanianalphabet,calledigrecori grecand written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Ăă,Ââ,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Îî,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Șș,Tt,Țț,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Silesian

Etymology

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

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Ãã,Bb,Cc,Ćć,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Łł,Mm,Nn,Ńń,Oo,Ŏŏ,Ōō,Ôô,Õõ,Pp,Rr,Ss,Śś,Tt,Uu,Ww,Yy,Zz,Źź,Żż

Spanish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(phoneme)/ʝ/,/i/

• 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]

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

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

1. The twenty-sixthletterof the Spanishalphabet,calledyeori griegaand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)letra;Aa(Áá),Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee(Éé),Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii(Íí),Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ññ,Oo(Óó),Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu(Úú,Üü),Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Etymology 2

InheritedfromOld Spanishéore,fromLatinet.

Alternative forms

• e
• i(obsolete)

Pronunciation

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

• Audio(Spain):

  (file)

Conjunction

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 aficiónygusto, que olvidó casi de todo punto el ejercicio de la cazayaun la administración de su hacienda;yllegó a tanto su curiosidadydesatino 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 ardourandavidity that he almost entirely neglected the pursuit of his field-sports,andeven the management of his property;andto such a pitch did his eagerness and infatuation go that he sold many an acre of tillageland to buy books of chivalry to read,andbrought home as many of them as he could get.

2. (in names of number)and

   setentayseis―seventy-six

3. (in arithmetic)plus,and

   unoyuno son dos―oneplusone is two

4. (informal)well

   ¡Ypor supuesto!―Well,of course!

5. (informal)what about,how about,where is/are the

   Pero, ¿yel concierto? ¿Ya no vamos?―Butwhat aboutthe concert? Are we not going anymore?

   ¿Yla niña? ¿Está a salvo?―How aboutthe girl? Is she safe?

   ¿Ylos archivos? Debo echarles un vistazo.―Where arethe files? I should take a look at them.

Usage notes

• Before words that begin with the/i/sound, the formeis used instead.

Derived terms

• y comercial
• ¿y qué?

Further reading

• “y”,inDiccionario de la lengua española(in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy,2023 November 28

Swedish

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)bokstav;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz,Åå,Ää,Öö

Tagalog

Etymology 1

BorrowedfromSpanishy.Each pronunciation has a different source:

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY,Baybayin spellingᜏᜌ᜔)

1. The twenty-seventhletterof the Tagalogalphabet(theFilipino alphabet), calledwayand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)titik;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ññ,Ngng,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY,Baybayin spellingᜌ)

1. The twentiethletterof the Tagalogalphabet(theAbakada alphabet), calledyaand written in theLatin script.

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY,Baybayin spellingᜌᜒ)

1. (historical)The twenty-seventhletterof the Tagalogalphabet(theAbecedario), calledyeand written in theLatin script.

Etymology 2

BorrowedfromSpanishy.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ʔi/[ʔɪ]
• Rhymes:-i
• Syllabification:y

Conjunction

y(Baybayin spellingᜁ)

1. (archaic)and

   Synonyms:at,saka

Further reading

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

Tày

Pronunciation

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

Verb

y

1. toimitate,tomimic

Preposition

y

1. along

   yte hết―do like he/she does (literally do along him/her)

   Đăm nàythỏi cáu

   Follow the old customs (literally "plant rice like the previous rows" )

2. according to

   ycằm po̱ me̱―according to the parents' words

References

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

Tlingit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/j/

Letter

y(upper caseY)

1. Aletterof the Tlingitalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• Canada:(Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Áá,Àà,Ââ,Chch,Chʼchʼ,Dd,Dłdł,Dzdz,Ee,Éé,Èè,Êê,Gg,Gwgw,Ghgh,Ghwghw,Hh,Ii,Íí,Ìì,Îî,Jj,Kk,Kwkw,Kʼkʼ,Kʼwkʼw,Khkh,Khwkhw,Khʼkhʼ,Khʼwkhʼw(Ll),Łł,Łʼłʼ(Mm),Nn(Oo),Ss,Sʼsʼ,Shsh,Tt,Tʼtʼ,Tltl,Tlʼtlʼ,Tsts,Tsʼtsʼ,Uu,Úú,Ùù,Ûû,Ww,Xx,Xwxw,Xʼxʼ,Xʼwxʼw,Xhxh,Xhwxhw,Xhʼxhʼ,Xhʼwxhʼw,Yy(Ÿÿ),․
• US:(Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Áá,Aaaa,Áaáa,Chch,Chʼchʼ,Dd,Dldl,Dzdz,Ee,Éé,Eeee,Éeée,Eiei,Éiéi,Gg,Gwgw,G̱g̱,G̱wg̱w,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Kwkw,Kʼkʼ,Kʼwkʼw,Ḵḵ,Ḵwḵw,Ḵʼḵʼ,Ḵʼwḵʼw,Ll,Lʼlʼ(Ḻḻ,Mm),Nn(Oo),Oooo,Óoóo,Ss,Sʼsʼ,Shsh,Tt,Tʼtʼ,Tltl,Tlʼtlʼ,Tsts,Tsʼtsʼ,Uu,Úú,Ww,Xx,Xwxw,Xʼxʼ,Xʼwxʼw,X̱x̱,X̱wx̱w,X̱ʼx̱ʼ,X̱ʼwx̱ʼw,Yy(Ÿÿ,Y̱y̱),․

Turkish

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

1. The twenty-eighthletterof the Turkishalphabet,calledyeand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)harf;Aa(Ââ),Bb,Cc,Çç,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Ğğ,Hh,Iı,İi(Îî),Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Öö,Pp,Rr,Ss,Şş,Tt,Uu(Ûû),Üü,Vv,Yy,Zz

Turkmen

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/ɯ/,/ɯː/

Letter

y(upper caseY)

1. The twenty-eighthletterof the Turkmenalphabet,calledyand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)harp;Aa,Bb,Çç,Dd,Ee,Ää,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Žž,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ňň,Oo,Öö,Pp,Rr,Ss,Şş,Tt,Uu,Üü,Ww,Yy,Ýý,Zz

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[ʔi˧˧]
• (Huế)IPA^(key):[ʔɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key):[ʔɪj˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnameseword fromY.

Pronoun

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.Ycũng 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.Hewas also a famous for being immensely rich and was an extravagant spender of first degree.

2. (derogatory)he,him

See also

• thị

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnameseword fromY.

Adverb

y

1. (informal)exactly;precisely(like)

   ynhư―exactly like/as

   ynhư thật―so realistic(literally, “exactly like real life”)

   ychang―very much like

Derived terms

Derived terms

• y chang
• y chóc
• y hệt
• y như
• y xì

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnameseword fromY.

Noun

y

1. (medicine)medicine;physician

Derived terms

• Đông y(Đông y,“traditionalEast Asianmedicine”)
• lương y như từ mẫu(Lương y như từ mẫu,“(literary) agoodphysicianislikea goodmother”)
• lương y(Lương y,“(literary) agoodphysician”)
• nan y(Nan y,“(ofdisease)difficulttocure”)
• pháp y(Pháp y,“forensicscience”)
• Tây y(Tây y,“modernmedicine”)
• y dược(Y dược,“medicineandpharmacy”)
• y đạo(Y đạo,“(literary)artofhealing”)
• y học(Y học,“medicine”)
• y khoa(Y khoa,“medicine”)
• y lệnh(Y lệnh,“doctor'sinstructions”)
• y sĩ(Y sĩ,“(junior)physician”)
• y sinh(Y sinh,“physician”)
• y tá(Y tá,“nurse”)
• y tế(Y tế,“health care”)
• y viện(Y viện,“(literary)hospital”)

Wayampi

Noun

y

1. Alternative form ofɨɨ(“water”)

   ay'ú.―I drinkwater.

References

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

Welsh

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• (withgrave accentto indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel/ə/):ỳ
• (withacute accentto indicate unusually stressed short vowel):ý
• (withcircumflexto indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel):ŷ
• (withdiaeresisto indicate disyllabicity):ÿ

Pronunciation

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

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

1. The twenty-ninthletterof the Welshalphabet,calledyand written in theLatin script.It is preceded byw.

Mutation

• y cannot be mutated but, being a vowel, does takeh-prothesis,for example with the wordysgol(“school; ladder”):

Mutated formsofysgol

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ysgol	unchanged	unchanged	hysgol

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

Derived terms

• Digraph sequences:yw

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)llythyren;Aa(Áá,Àà,Ââ,Ää),Bb,Cc,Chch,Dd,Dddd,Ee(Éé,Èè,Êê,Ëë),Ff,Ffff,Gg,Ngng,Hh,Ii(Íí,Ìì,Îî,Ïï),Jj,Ll,Llll,Mm,Nn,Oo(Óó,Òò,Ôô,Öö),Pp,Phph,Rr,Rhrh,Ss,Tt,Thth,Uu(Úú,Ùù,Ûû,Üü),Ww(Ẃẃ,Ẁẁ,Ŵŵ,Ẅẅ),Yy(Ýý,Ỳỳ,Ŷŷ,Ÿÿ)
• (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

yf(pluralyau)

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterY/y.

Mutation

Mutated formsofy

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
y	unchanged	unchanged	hy

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ə/
• Rhymes:-ə

Article

y(definite)(triggers soft mutation of a feminine singular noun, exceptllandrhremain unmutated)

1. the

   ybachgenm―theboy

   yferchf―thegirl

   yllongf―theship

   ybechgynpl―theboys

   ymerchedpl―thegirls

Etymology 3

Merger of two formerly distinct particles,yddandyd.

• (1) from earlierydd,fromMiddle Welshyð,fromProto-Celtic*ide-(compareBretone,ez,Cornishy,yth,Old Irishid), fromProto-Indo-European*h₁i-dʰei-(compareLatinibi(“here”),Avestan𐬌𐬛𐬁(idā,“here, in the same way”),andSanskritइह(ihá,“here”)).
• (2) from earlieryd,fromMiddle Welshyt,fromOld Welshit,fromProto-Celtic*ita-(compareBretone,ez); akin toLatinita(“so, thus”),dialectalLithuanianit(“as”),andSanskritíti(“thus, in this manner”).

Alternative forms

• yr(used before vowels andh)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ə/
• Rhymes:-ə

Particle

y

1. (literary)that(preverbal particle used to mark asubordinate clause)

   Wyt ti'n meddwlygall hi ddod?

   Do you thinkthatshe can come?

   Mae hi'n gwybodybyddet ti'n gwrando arni hi.

   She knowsthatyou would listen to her.

2. (literary)which,whom(particle used with indirect relative clauses)

   y dynydysgais ei fab―the manwhoseson I taught

   y ferchygwrandewais arni―the girl towhomI 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 dechreuadycreodd Duw y nefoedd a’r ddaear.

     In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

   Synonyms:mi,fe(colloquial)

Usage notes

• yis almost always omitted in colloquial speech.
• yis used to mean 'that' (i.e. mark a subordinate clause) when the subordinate clause begins with an affirmative form ofbodnot 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)

Yele

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/j/,/◌ʲ/

Letter

y(upper caseY)

1. A letter of theYelealphabet.

Usage notes

After a consonant, the letter indicatespalatalization,except that expected *ty and *nty are spelled⟨ch⟩and⟨nj⟩.

Derived terms

• The digraph⟨yw⟩is used after a consonantm mb pfor/◌ᶣ/inlabio-palatalized⟨myw mbyw pyw⟩.
• Palatalized⟨dny, dmy, dpy, dy, kpy, ky, ly, mby, mty, my, ndy, nmy, ny, py, tpy, vy⟩.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,â,b,Chch,Dd,e,é,ê,Ghgh,i,î,j,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ńń,o,ó,Pp,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Yy,꞉

Yoruba

Pronunciation

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

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

1. The twenty-fifthletterof the Yorubaalphabet,calledyíand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)lẹ́tà;Aa(Áá,Àà,Āā),Bb,Dd,Ee(Éé,Èè,Ēē),Ẹẹ(Ẹ́ẹ́,Ẹ̀ẹ̀,Ẹ̄ẹ̄),Ff,Gg,Gbgb,Hh,Ii(Íí,Ìì,Īī),Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm(Ḿḿ,M̀m̀,M̄m̄),Nn(Ńń,Ǹǹ,N̄n̄),Oo(Óó,Òò,Ōō),Ọọ(Ọ́ọ́,Ọ̀ọ̀,Ọ̄ọ̄),Pp,Rr,Ss,Ṣṣ,Tt,Uu(Úú,Ùù,Ūū),Ww,Yy
• (Benin)(Latin-scriptletters)lɛ́tà;Aa,Bb,Dd,Ee,Ɛɛ,Ff,Gg,Gbgb,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Kpkp,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Ɔɔ,Pp,Rr,Ss,Shsh,Tt,Uu,Ww,Yy

Zulu

Letter

y(lower case,upper caseY)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz