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Noun [Old Tupi]

IPA: /ˈʔɨ/ Forms: îy [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɨ Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨ, from Proto-Tupian *ʔɨ. Cognate with Aurá, Awetí, Emerillon, Guajá, Sateré-Mawé, Tapirapé, Tembé, and Xingú Asuriní ʔɨ and Guaraní y. Etymology templates: {{etymon|tpw|inh|tup-gua-pro>*ʔɨ>water|id=water|text=++}} Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨ, from Proto-Tupian *ʔɨ., {{cog|aux,awe,eme,gvj,mav,taf,tqb,asn|ʔɨ}} Aurá, Awetí, Emerillon, Guajá, Sateré-Mawé, Tapirapé, Tembé, and Xingú Asuriní ʔɨ, {{cog|gn|y}} Guaraní y Head templates: {{head|tpw|noun|possessable|||||||||||o e'y|||||cat2=|cat3=possessable nouns|cat4=|head=}} 'y (possessable), {{tpw-noun|p}} 'y (possessable)
  1. water Synonyms: y
    Sense id: en-'y-tpw-noun-D0FoSQ44 Categories (other): Bodies of water, Liquids, Matter, Water Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 59 4 37 Disambiguation of Liquids: 68 3 29 Disambiguation of Matter: 46 5 49 Disambiguation of Water: 67 13 20
  2. river Synonyms: y
    Sense id: en-'y-tpw-noun-X1qO2PE5
  3. spring (water source)
    Sense id: en-'y-tpw-noun-bPcidvFn Categories (other): Old Tupi entries with etymology texts, Old Tupi entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Matter Disambiguation of Old Tupi entries with etymology texts: 24 24 52 Disambiguation of Old Tupi entries with incorrect language header: 15 15 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 23 23 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 53 Disambiguation of Matter: 46 5 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 'y rapé, 'yaipuka, 'yakã, 'yanhangoty, 'yape'ara, 'yape'ara rupi, 'yapyra, 'yapyrakoty, 'yapé, 'yapé 'arybo, 'yapó, 'yaíba, 'ye'ẽ, 'yembe'yba, 'yembykoty, 'yeté, 'ykatu, 'ykûabapûana, 'ymombukaba, 'ypabe'ymba'e, 'ypytera, 'ysyryka, 'yîebyra

Particle [Tagalog]

IPA: /j/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ɪ̯] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜌ᜔ [Baybayin], ,i, [alternative], 'i [alternative, obsolete]
Head templates: {{tl-head|particle|b=y-}} 'y (Baybayin spelling ᜌ᜔)
  1. Contraction of ay Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Alternative form of: ay

Determiner [Welsh]

IPA: /ə/ Forms: ’y [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|cy|determiner|triggers nasal mutation|cat2=possessive determiners|head=’y}} ’y (triggers nasal mutation)
  1. Informal form of fy (“my”). Tags: form-of, informal, triggers-mutation-nasal Form of: fy (extra: my)

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'y rapé"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'yaipuka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'yakã"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'yanhangoty"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'yape'ara"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'yape'ara rupi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'yapyra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'yapyrakoty"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'yapé"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'yapé 'arybo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'yapó"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'yaíba"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'ye'ẽ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'yembe'yba"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'yembykoty"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'yeté"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'ykatu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'ykûabapûana"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'ymombukaba"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'ypabe'ymba'e"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'ypytera"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'ysyryka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "word": "'yîebyra"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yrl",
            "2": "ií"
          },
          "expansion": "Nheengatu: ií",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nheengatu: ií"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpw",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "tup-gua-pro>*ʔɨ>water",
        "id": "water",
        "text": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨ, from Proto-Tupian *ʔɨ.",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ʔɨ"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gn",
        "2": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "Guaraní y",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "îy",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpw",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "o e'y",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "possessable",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "possessable nouns",
        "cat4": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "'y (possessable)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "'y (possessable)",
      "name": "tpw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "'y"
  ],
  "lang": "Old Tupi",
  "lang_code": "tpw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "59 4 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tpw",
          "name": "Bodies of water",
          "orig": "tpw:Bodies of water",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 3 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tpw",
          "name": "Liquids",
          "orig": "tpw:Liquids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 5 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tpw",
          "name": "Matter",
          "orig": "tpw:Matter",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 13 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tpw",
          "name": "Water",
          "orig": "tpw:Water",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "water"
      ],
      "id": "en-'y-tpw-noun-D0FoSQ44",
      "links": [
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "y"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "river"
      ],
      "id": "en-'y-tpw-noun-X1qO2PE5",
      "links": [
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "y"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "24 24 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Tupi entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 15 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Tupi entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 23 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 5 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tpw",
          "name": "Matter",
          "orig": "tpw:Matter",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spring (water source)"
      ],
      "id": "en-'y-tpw-noun-bPcidvFn",
      "links": [
        [
          "spring",
          "spring"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔɨ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɨ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "'y"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜌ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": ",i,",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "'i",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle",
        "b": "y-"
      },
      "expansion": "'y (Baybayin spelling ᜌ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "ay"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Contraction of ay"
      ],
      "id": "en-'y-tl-particle-tt2fq-X-",
      "links": [
        [
          "ay",
          "ay#Tagalog"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "contraction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/j/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "'y"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "’y",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "determiner",
        "3": "triggers nasal mutation",
        "cat2": "possessive determiners",
        "head": "’y"
      },
      "expansion": "’y (triggers nasal mutation)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh possessive determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "my",
          "word": "fy"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Informal form of fy (“my”)."
      ],
      "id": "en-'y-cy-det-kXu-PAnT",
      "links": [
        [
          "fy",
          "fy#Welsh"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "informal",
        "triggers-mutation-nasal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "'y"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old Tupi entries with etymology texts",
    "Old Tupi entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Tupi lemmas",
    "Old Tupi nouns",
    "Old Tupi possessable nouns",
    "Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani",
    "Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupian",
    "Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani",
    "Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupian",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Old Tupi/ɨ",
    "Rhymes:Old Tupi/ɨ/1 syllable",
    "tpw:Bodies of water",
    "tpw:Liquids",
    "tpw:Matter",
    "tpw:Water"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "'y rapé"
    },
    {
      "word": "'yaipuka"
    },
    {
      "word": "'yakã"
    },
    {
      "word": "'yanhangoty"
    },
    {
      "word": "'yape'ara"
    },
    {
      "word": "'yape'ara rupi"
    },
    {
      "word": "'yapyra"
    },
    {
      "word": "'yapyrakoty"
    },
    {
      "word": "'yapé"
    },
    {
      "word": "'yapé 'arybo"
    },
    {
      "word": "'yapó"
    },
    {
      "word": "'yaíba"
    },
    {
      "word": "'ye'ẽ"
    },
    {
      "word": "'yembe'yba"
    },
    {
      "word": "'yembykoty"
    },
    {
      "word": "'yeté"
    },
    {
      "word": "'ykatu"
    },
    {
      "word": "'ykûabapûana"
    },
    {
      "word": "'ymombukaba"
    },
    {
      "word": "'ypabe'ymba'e"
    },
    {
      "word": "'ypytera"
    },
    {
      "word": "'ysyryka"
    },
    {
      "word": "'yîebyra"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yrl",
            "2": "ií"
          },
          "expansion": "Nheengatu: ií",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nheengatu: ií"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpw",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "tup-gua-pro>*ʔɨ>water",
        "id": "water",
        "text": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨ, from Proto-Tupian *ʔɨ.",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aux,awe,eme,gvj,mav,taf,tqb,asn",
        "2": "ʔɨ"
      },
      "expansion": "Aurá, Awetí, Emerillon, Guajá, Sateré-Mawé, Tapirapé, Tembé, and Xingú Asuriní ʔɨ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gn",
        "2": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "Guaraní y",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨ, from Proto-Tupian *ʔɨ.\nCognate with Aurá, Awetí, Emerillon, Guajá, Sateré-Mawé, Tapirapé, Tembé, and Xingú Asuriní ʔɨ and Guaraní y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "îy",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpw",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "o e'y",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "possessable",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "possessable nouns",
        "cat4": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "'y (possessable)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "'y (possessable)",
      "name": "tpw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "'y"
  ],
  "lang": "Old Tupi",
  "lang_code": "tpw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "water"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "y"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "river"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "y"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spring (water source)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spring",
          "spring"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔɨ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɨ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "'y"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜌ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": ",i,",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "'i",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle",
        "b": "y-"
      },
      "expansion": "'y (Baybayin spelling ᜌ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "ay"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Tagalog contractions",
        "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tagalog lemmas",
        "Tagalog particles",
        "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
        "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Contraction of ay"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ay",
          "ay#Tagalog"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "contraction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/j/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "'y"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "’y",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "determiner",
        "3": "triggers nasal mutation",
        "cat2": "possessive determiners",
        "head": "’y"
      },
      "expansion": "’y (triggers nasal mutation)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Welsh determiners",
        "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
        "Welsh informal forms",
        "Welsh lemmas",
        "Welsh possessive determiners"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "my",
          "word": "fy"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Informal form of fy (“my”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fy",
          "fy#Welsh"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "informal",
        "triggers-mutation-nasal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "'y"
}

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{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: possessable",
  "path": [
    "'y"
  ],
  "section": "Old Tupi",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "'y",
  "trace": ""
}

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