py
English
Etymology 1
Noun
py (plural pys)
- Initialism of pack-year.
Etymology 2
Noun
py (plural pys)
- Initialism of pinyin.
Etymology 3
Preposition
py
- (Germanesque) Pronunciation spelling of by.
Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pə̟i̯]
Audio: (file)
Noun
py (plural [please provide])
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Cornish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Determiner
py
Derived terms
- py lies (“how many”)
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /piː/
- Conventional anglicization: py
Etymology 1
Noun
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m
Inflection
singular | py |
---|---|
dual | pywj |
plural | pyw |
Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲫⲉⲓ (phei)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲡⲏⲓ (pēi)
Etymology 2
According to von Beckerath, from Meroitic *𐦧𐦢 (*pi, “to live”), with the ankh glyph in the name merely serving as a determinative. Leprohon instead interprets the name as pꜣ (“O”) + ꜥnḫy (“living one”), but notes that the reading is uncertain and considers it possible that the ankh is to be read as a prospective form of the verb ꜥnḫ (“to live”). In this case the name is indeed simply py and the ankh is not a part of it.
Proper noun
|
m
- a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Piye, a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty
Alternative forms
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py |
Etymology 3
Determiner
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m sg proximal demonstrative determiner
- (Old Egyptian) alternative form of pj (“this”)
Inflection
determiners | pronouns1 | adverbs | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | dual | plural | unmarked | |||||
masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |||
proximal to speaker | pn |
tn |
*jpnj |
jptnj, jptntj |
jpn |
jptn |
nn |
— |
distal | pf |
tf |
*jpfj |
*jptfj, *jptftj |
jpf |
jptf |
nf |
— |
proximal to spoken of | pj, pw, p |
tj, tw |
jpwj |
jptwj, jptwtj |
jpw |
jptw, jptwt |
nw |
— |
vocative | pꜣ |
tꜣ |
— |
— |
— |
— |
nꜣ |
ꜥꜣ |
1 Unmarked for number and gender, but treated syntactically as masculine plurals when used with participles and relative forms, and as feminine singulars when referred to by resumptive pronouns.
determiners and pronouns | adverbs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural1 | |||
masculine | feminine | |||
proximal | pn |
tn |
nn |
ꜥn |
distal | pf, pfꜣ |
tf, tfꜣ |
nf, nfꜣ |
ꜥf |
‘copula’ and vocative | pw, pwy |
tw, twy |
nw |
— |
anaphoric | pꜣ |
tꜣ |
nꜣ |
ꜥꜣ |
1 Joined by n(j) to nouns they modify.
masculine | feminine | plural | adverb | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
pronoun | pꜣw |
dj | |||
determiners and pronouns | pꜣj |
tꜣj |
nꜣj | ||
possessive determiners1 | pꜣy |
tꜣy |
nꜣy | ||
relational pronouns (‘possessive prefixes’) | p-n, pꜣ |
t-nt, tꜣ |
nꜣyw, nꜣ | ||
definite articles | pꜣ |
tꜣ |
nꜣ2 | ||
indefinite articles | wꜥ2 |
nhꜣy2 |
1 Used with suffix pronouns.
2 Originally joined by n(j) to nouns they modify; later without it.
References
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
- Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, pages 160–162
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 108, 111, 269–270
Guaraní
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɨ/
Noun
py (plural pykuéra)
Ilocano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaj/ [ˈpaɪ̯]
Particle
py (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜌ᜔) (Internet slang)
- contraction of pay
Korean
Noun
py • (py)
- pyeong — an areal unit of measure symbol/abbreviation for a traditional Korean unit
Mbyá Guaraní
Noun
py
Middle English
Noun
py
- alternative form of pye (“magpie”)
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɨ
- Hyphenation: py
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨ, *mbɨ, from Proto-Tupian *pɨ, *mbɨ.[1]
Noun
py (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mby)
Descendants
- Nheengatu: pí
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨ, from Proto-Tupian *pɨ.[1]
Noun
py (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mby)
Etymology 3
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨ, from Proto-Tupian *pˀɨ.[2]
Verb
py (first-person singular active indicative aîopy, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîopyî, noun py) (transitive)
- to blow (to produce an air current)
- Synonym: peîu
- to blow; to flute (to blow a musical instrument to make it give a sound)
- Synonym: mimby
Conjugation
Causative | pyukar | |||||
Causative-comitative | eropy | |||||
Reflexive | îepy | |||||
Deverbals | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
-ba'e | oîopyba'e | |||||
emi- | emimy / mimy | |||||
-pyr(a) | i pypyra | |||||
-sab(a) | pŷaba / pysaba | |||||
-sar(a) | pŷara / pysara | |||||
Singular | Singular & Plural | Plural | ||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
Verbal forms | ||||||
Active | ||||||
Indicative | aîopy | ereîopy | oîopy | oroîopy | îaîopy | peîopy |
Permissive | t'aîopy | t'ereîopy | t'oîopy | t'oroîopy | t'îaîopy | ta peîopy |
Imperative | eîopy | peîopy | ||||
Negative indicative | n'aîopyî | n'ereîopyî | n'oîopyî | n'oroîopyî | n'îaîopyî | na peîopyî |
Negative permissive | t'aîopy umẽ | t'ereîopy umẽ | t'oîopy umẽ | t'oroîopy umẽ | t'îaîopy umẽ | ta peîopy umẽ |
Negative imperative | eîopy umẽ | peîopy umẽ | ||||
Nominal forms | ||||||
Infinitive | ||||||
Affirmative | py | |||||
Negative | pye'yma | |||||
Gerund | ||||||
Affirmative | xe pŷabo | nde pŷabo | i pŷabo | oré pŷabo | îandé pŷabo | pe pŷabo |
Negative | xe pye'yma | nde pye'yma | i pye'yma | oré pye'yma | îandé pye'yma | pe pye'yma |
Circumstantial | ||||||
Affirmative | xe pyû | i pyû | oré pyû | îandé pyû | ||
Negative | xe pye'ymi | i pye'ymi | oré pye'ymi | îandé pye'ymi |
Etymology 4
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Noun
py (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mby)
Adjective
py (noun form py)
Declension
Causative | momy | |||||
Deadjectivals | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
-ba'e | i pyba'e | |||||
-sab(a) | pŷaba / pysaba | |||||
Singular | Singular & Plural | Plural | ||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
Adjectival forms | ||||||
Active | ||||||
Indicative | xe py | nde py | i py | oré py | îandé py | pe py |
Imperative | ||||||
Permissive | ta xe py | ta nde py | t'i py | t'oré py | t'îandé py | ta pe py |
Negative indicative | na xe pyî | na nde pyî | n'i pyî | n'oré pyî | n'îandé pyî | na pe pyî |
Negative imperative | nde py umẽ | pe py umẽ | ||||
Negative permissive | ta xe py umẽ | ta nde py umẽ | t'i py umẽ | t'oré py umẽ | t'îandé py umẽ | ta pe py umẽ |
Gerund | ||||||
Affirmative | xe pyramo | nde pyramo | o pyramo | oré pyramo | îandé pyramo | pe pyramo |
Negative | xe pye'ymamo | nde pye'ymamo | o pye'ymamo | oré pye'ymamo | îandé pye'ymamo | pe pye'ymamo |
Nominal forms | ||||||
Infinitive | ||||||
Affirmative | py | |||||
Negative | pye'yma | |||||
Circumstantial | ||||||
Affirmative | same as gerund1 | |||||
xe pyû2 | i pyû2 | oré pyû2 | îandé pyû2 | |||
Negative | same as gerund1 | |||||
xe pye'ymi2 | i pye'ymi2 | oré pye'ymi2 | îandé pye'ymi2 | |||
1South Tupi 2North Tupi |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
- ^ Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues (2007) “As consoantes do proto-tupí”, in Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral, editors, Línguas e culturas tupí[2], 1 edition, volume 1, Campinas: Curt Nimuendajú, pages 167–204
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “py”, 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, pages 413–414
Welsh
Adverb
py
Determiner
py
References
- Pughe, William. A Dictionary of the Welsh Language, Explained in English, Vol. 2.