jy
See also: Appendix:Variations of "jy"
English
Etymology
From the name of the letter i (of which j was originally a variant) by affixing the /d͡ʒ/ sound to it. Compare French ji, and the similar derivation of Italian vu.
Generally changed to jay by association with kay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɪ/
- Rhymes: -aɪ
Noun
jy (plural jies or jyes or jys)
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- djy (Cape Afrikaans)
Etymology
From Dutch jij (which see), from Middle Dutch ji, northern form of gi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jəi/, [jə̟i̯]
Audio: (file)
Pronoun
jy (object jou, possessive jou)
- you (singular, subject)
- 2016, “Sal Jy Met My Dans”, in Sal Jy Met My Dans?[1], performed by Kurt Darren, South Africa:
- Sal jy met my dans?
- Will you dance with me?
See also
| subjective | objective | possessive determiner |
possessive pronoun | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st | ek | my | myne | ||
| 2nd | jy | jou | joune | |||
| 2nd, formal | u | u s’n | ||||
| 3rd | masc | hy | hom | sy | syne | |
| fem | sy | haar | hare | |||
| neut | dit | sy | syne | |||
| plural | 1st | ons | ons s’n | |||
| 2nd | julle / jul1 | julle s’n | ||||
| 3rd | hulle / hul1 | hulle s’n | ||||
Central Mazahua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /j̊/
Letter
jy (upper case Jy)
- A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ
Cornish
Etymology 1
From ty.
Pronoun
jy
- you, your (informal second person singular enclitic pronoun, used to reinforce previous pronoun)
- dha lyver jy
- your book
- Ple ythys jy?
- Where did you go?
See also
| number | person | independent (subject) |
suffixed | infixed | possessive (dependent) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| enclitic | emphatic | reduced | ||||||
| singular | first | my | vy | evy | ma, a | 'm | owA | |
| second | ty | jy, sy1 | tejy | ta, a | 'thM | dhaS | ||
| third2 | m | ev | ev | eev | va, a | 'n | yS | |
| f | hi | hi | hyhi | N/A | 's | hyA | ||
| plural | first | ni | ni | nyni | 'gan, 'n | agan, 'gan | ||
| second3 | hwi | hwi | hwyhwi | 'gas, 's | agas, 'gas | |||
| third | i | i | ynsi | 's | agaA, 'gaA | |||
1 Uncommon.
2 hun and ins have been suggested as non-binary 3rd person singular pronouns, though these have not yet officially adopted.
3 Infrequently used as a formal alternative to the singular.
S Triggers soft mutation A Triggers aspirate mutation M Triggers mixed mutation
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
jy
- soft mutation of chy
Ilocano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒaj/ [ˈd͡ʒaɪ̯]
Adverb
jy
- (text messaging) abbreviation of idiay