'y

• îy (North Tupi)
• u (Língua Geral Paulista)

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.

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

'y (possessable)

1. water

   Synonym: y

2. river

   Synonym: y

3. spring (water source)

• Nheengatu: ií

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'y”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 513, columns 1–2

• ,i, — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• 'i — obsolete

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /j/ [ɪ̯]

'y (Baybayin spelling ᜌ᜔)

1. contraction of ay

• Only used following a word ending in a vowel or ⟨n⟩
• Where it is used after a word ending in n, it usually elides that letter (e.g. paraa'y from paraan ay)
• Where it is used after a word ending with a diphthong, it usually elides the final letter of the diphthong (e.g. ika'y from ikaw ay)

• IPA^(key): /ə/

’y (triggers nasal mutation)

1. informal form of fy (“my”)