てぃ
See also: でぃ
Japanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʲi]
Syllable
てぃ • (ti)
- The hiragana syllable てぃ (ti). Its equivalent in katakana is ティ (ti).
Miyako
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ti]
Etymology 1
Suffix
てぃ (-ti)
- counter for years
- ぴぃ゚とぅてぃ、ㇷたてぃ、とぅーてぃ
- pɿtuti, ftati, tūti
- one year, two years, ten years
Etymology 2
Perhaps cognate with Yonaguni てぃ (-ti, diminutive suffix). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Suffix
てぃ (-ti)
- (Nakachi (Irabu)) implies the object is inferior
- やあてぃ、うがてぃ、かあてぃ
- ya'ati, ugati, ka'ati
- you, that (mesial), that (distal) (all denoting inferiority)
- うがてぃんな あしらいん
- ugatinna aishirain
- That thing's not gonna be there.
Yonaguni
Etymology
Perhaps cognate with Miyako てぃ (-ti, inferiority suffix (Nakachi dialect)). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti/
Suffix
てぃ (-ti)
- forms diminutive nouns
- あがみてぃ、はとぅてぃ
- agamiti, hatuti
- Young child, little bird
- あがみてぃ、はとぅてぃ