yey
See also: þey
Translingual
Symbol
yey
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Yeyi terms
English
Interjection
yey
- Alternative spelling of yay.
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یك (yẹg), Proto-Turkic *yẹg, cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰃𐰏 (y²ig), Turkmen ýeg, Turkish yey, yeğ, possibly with Chuvash ҫи (śi, “up, upper”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jej] (Jabrayil, Gadabay, Goychay, Goygol, Imishli, Meghri, Shamakhi, Tartar)
- IPA(key): [jeɡ] (Quba, Ordubad)
Adjective
yey (not comparable) (obsolete or dialectal)
Derived terms
- yeyrək
Further reading
- “yey” in Obastan.com.
Classical Nahuatl
Numeral
yey
- obsolete spelling of ēyi
Cornish
Etymology
From Old Cornish iey, from Proto-Brythonic *jaɣ, itself from Proto-Celtic *yegis. Cognate with Irish oighear, Scottish Gaelic eigh, and Welsh iâ.
Noun
yey m
Derived terms
- estyllen yey (“ice shelf”)
- fols yey (“ice wedge”)
- kappa yey (“ice cap”)
- lappa yey (“ice lobe”)
- leghen yey (“ice floe”)
- lien yey (“ice sheet”)
- menydh yey (“iceberg”)
- oos an yey (“ice age”)
- yeyn (“cold”)
References
“yey” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.
Pipil
| < 2 | 3 | 4 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : yēy Adverbial : yēshpa Fractional : yēshtakutun | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *eːyɨ, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pahi. Compare Classical Nahuatl ēyi (“three”). Cognate with Yaqui baji (“three”) and Hopi pàayo' (“three”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jeːj/
Numeral
yēy
- three
- Nitaketza yey taketzalis.
- I speak three languages.