iye

See also: -iye, iyẹ, and ˀiyé·-

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈi.jé/

Pronoun

iyé

he, she (third-person singular personal pronoun)

Noun

iye (Valdôtain, Graphie BREL)

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

Pronoun

iye

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

Alternative forms

ie

Etymology

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

Noun

iye

tongue

References

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

Pronoun

iye

Alternative form of ye (“you”)

Etymology

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

Noun

iye

owner, possessor

Pronoun

iye

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

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ottoman Turkish ایكه (eye, iye, eyge),^[1]^[2]^[3] (alternatively; ایكا^[3]) from Proto-Turkic *idi.^[4]^[5]^[6] 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)^[7]
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)

(archaic) owner, possessor
Synonyms: sahip, (dated) malik

Declension

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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

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Derived terms

iyelik (“possessive”)

References

[1]
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایگه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 302
[2]
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ایگه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 222
[3]
Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “ایگه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 246
[4]
Clauson, Gerard (1972) “iḏi”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 41
[5]
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Edi”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
[6]
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “iye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
[7]
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ĕdV”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iːj/

Noun

iye f (plural iyes)

island

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Variant orthographies
ALIV	iye
Brazilian standard	iye
New Tribes	iye

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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)

wood, stick of wood
tree

References

Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “iye”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, 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, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

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

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

value, price
amount

Derived terms

iyebíye (“precious”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ī.jè/

Noun

iyè

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

life

[1] [1]
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایگه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 302

[2] [2]
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ایگه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 222

[Sami-3] [3]
Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “ایگه”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 246

[4] [4]
Clauson, Gerard (1972) “iḏi”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 41

[5] [5]
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Edi”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

[6] [6]
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “iye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

[7] [7]
Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ĕdV”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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

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

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

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