yey

See also: þey

Translingual

Symbol

yey

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yeyi.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Yeyi terms

English

Interjection

yey

  1. 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

Adjective

yey (not comparable) (obsolete or dialectal)

  1. good, better
    Synonyms: eyi, yaxşı, yaxşıraq

Derived terms

  • yeyrək

Further reading

  • yey” in Obastan.com.

Classical Nahuatl

Numeral

yey

  1. 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 .

Noun

yey m

  1. ice
    Synonym: rew

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

Pipil cardinal numbers
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    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

  1. three
    Nitaketza yey taketzalis.
    I speak three languages.