-iye

See also: iye, iyẹ, and ˀiyé·-

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈjɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـیه (-iye), from Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya). Doublet of -iyet.

Suffix

-iye

1. (no longer productive) Used to make municipality, corporation, discipline names.

   ‎mal (“item, property”) + ‎-iye → ‎maliye (“municipality of economy, economics”)

   ‎harp (“war”) + ‎-iye → ‎harbiye (“military discipline”)

2. (no longer productive) Used to make place, structure and building names.

   ‎adil (“just”) + ‎-iye → ‎adliye (“courthouse”)

   ‎fışk- (“to gush out”) + ‎-iye → ‎fıskiye (“fountain, sprinkler”)

3. (no longer productive) Used to make item names.

   ‎şems (“sun”) + ‎-iye → ‎şemsiye (“umbrella”)

   ‎davet (“invitation”) + ‎-iye → ‎davetiye (“invitation card”)

4. (no longer productive) Used to make collective nouns

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Medieval Latin -ia.

Suffix

-iye

1. Used to form place and country names

   Synonyms: -ya, -istan

   ‎Türk (“Turkish”) + ‎-iye → ‎Türkiye (“Turkey, Türkiye”)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “https://www.nisanyansozluk.com/ek/%2B%C4%ABya(t)1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	-iye
Brazilian standard	-iye
New Tribes	-iye

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ije]

Suffix

-iye

1. forms the jussive mood

Usage notes

This suffix can be used with all persons. In the third person it takes series II markers, in all other persons series I.

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “iye”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 231–232, 440