iye

See also: -iye, iyẹ, and ˀiyé·-

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.jé/

Pronoun

iyé

1. he, she (third-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

Chichewa personal pronouns

	singular	plural or formal
1st person	ine	ife
2nd person	iwe	inu
3rd person	iye	iwo

Franco-Provençal

Noun

iye (Valdôtain, Graphie BREL)

1. Alternative form of agouelye (“needle”) documented in the following location(s): Issogne

Lakota

Pronoun

iye

1. he, she, it (3rd-person singular pronoun)

See also

Lakota personal pronouns

	singular	plural
1st person	miš, miye	uŋkiš, uŋkiye (exclusive) uŋkiš, uŋkiyepi (inclusive)
2nd person	niš, niye	niš, niyepi
3rd person	iš, iye	iš, iyepi

Lokono

Alternative forms

• ie

Etymology

From Proto-Ta-Arawak *i-nene, from Proto-Arawak *nene.

Noun

iye

1. tongue

References

• de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎^[3], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 21

Middle English

Pronoun

iye

1. Alternative form of ye (“you”)

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *Edi. Cognate to Southern Altai ээ (ee), Kyrgyz ээ (ee), etc.

Noun

iye

1. owner, possessor

Tumbuka

Pronoun

iye

1. (s)he (third-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

Tumbuka personal pronouns

	singular	plural or formal
1st person	ine	ise
2nd person	iwe	imwe
3rd person	iye	iwo

Turkish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ottoman Turkish ایكه (eye, iye, eyge), (alternatively; ایكا) from Proto-Turkic *idi. Doublet of ege and obsolete *is/*ıs (whence ıssız (“deserted, uninhabited”)).

Cognates

• Azerbaijani yiyə
• Bashkir эйә (eyə)
• Karakhanid اِذی (iδi)
• Kazakh ие (ie)
• Khakas ээ (ee)
• Kyrgyz ээ (ee)
• Mongolian эзэн (ezen)
• Old Turkic 𐰃𐰓𐰃 (id²i)
• Southern Altai ээ (ee)
• Tatar ия (iyä), iä
• Tofa ээ
• Turkmen eýe
• Tuvan ээ (ee)
• Uyghur ئىگە (ige)
• Uzbek ega

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈje/
• Hyphenation: i‧ye

Noun

iye (definite accusative iyeyi, plural iyeler)

1. (archaic) owner, possessor

   Synonyms: sahip, (dated) malik

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	iye
Definite accusative	iyeyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iye	iyeler
Definite accusative	iyeyi	iyeleri
Dative	iyeye	iyelere
Locative	iyede	iyelerde
Ablative	iyeden	iyelerden
Genitive	iyenin	iyelerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular iyem iyelerim 2nd singular iyen iyelerin 3rd singular iyesi iyeleri 1st plural iyemiz iyelerimiz 2nd plural iyeniz iyeleriniz 3rd plural iyeleri iyeleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular iyemi iyelerimi 2nd singular iyeni iyelerini 3rd singular iyesini iyelerini 1st plural iyemizi iyelerimizi 2nd plural iyenizi iyelerinizi 3rd plural iyelerini iyelerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular iyeme iyelerime 2nd singular iyene iyelerine 3rd singular iyesine iyelerine 1st plural iyemize iyelerimize 2nd plural iyenize iyelerinize 3rd plural iyelerine iyelerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular iyemde iyelerimde 2nd singular iyende iyelerinde 3rd singular iyesinde iyelerinde 1st plural iyemizde iyelerimizde 2nd plural iyenizde iyelerinizde 3rd plural iyelerinde iyelerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular iyemden iyelerimden 2nd singular iyenden iyelerinden 3rd singular iyesinden iyelerinden 1st plural iyemizden iyelerimizden 2nd plural iyenizden iyelerinizden 3rd plural iyelerinden iyelerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular iyemin iyelerimin 2nd singular iyenin iyelerinin 3rd singular iyesinin iyelerinin 1st plural iyemizin iyelerimizin 2nd plural iyenizin iyelerinizin 3rd plural iyelerinin iyelerinin

Derived terms

• iyelik (“possessive”)

Further reading

• “iye”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “iye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2275

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːj/

Noun

iye f (plural iyes)

1. island

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	iye
Brazilian standard	iye
New Tribes	iye

Alternative forms

• yee, ye (Caura River dialect)
• dhee, dee (Cunucunuma River dialect)

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *jôje (“tree, wood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ije]

Noun

iye (Caura River dialect)

1. wood, stick of wood
2. tree

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “iye”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[4], Lyon, pages 24, 170, 221, 279, 286, 343, 361, 370, 415
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 219, 220–221, 388: “[de:] 'tree' […] The /d/ phoneme has a dialect alternant of /y/ heard in words such as: danwa/yanwa 'man'; and: de:/ye: 'tree'. […] de:/ye: 'tree' […] de: - tree”
• Hall, Katherine (2007) “dē”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[5], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognate with Edo iye, Itsekiri iye, Igala íye, probably cognate with Ewe nyɛ, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *-ye

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.jē/

Noun

iye

1. mother, a title of respect for an older woman

   Synonyms: ìyá, màmá, mọ́mì, abiyamọ, yèyé, ìmọ̀mọ́, ìmọ̀ọ́, màámi

Derived terms

• iyeye (“ maternal grandma”)
• iyọba (“queen mother”)
• Yemọja

 

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• oye

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.jē/

Noun

iye

1. value, price
2. amount

Derived terms

• iyebíye (“precious”)

 

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.jè/

Noun

iyè

1. mind; consciousness

Derived terms

• iyè ríra (“hallucination; numbnes; memory loss”)
• iyèméjì (“doubt, second thoughts”)

 

Etymology 4

ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ yè (“to live, to survive”), literally “that which you survive for”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.jè/

Noun

ìyè

1. life