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pyy

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See also: Pyy and руу

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Pyen with y as a placeholder.

Symbol

pyy

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

See also

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *püü (compare Estonian püü, Veps ), from Proto-Uralic *püŋe (hazel hen) (compare Moksha повне (povne), Hungarian fogoly).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpyː/, [ˈpyː]
  • Rhymes: -yː
  • Syllabification(key): pyy
  • Hyphenation(key): pyy

Noun

pyy

  1. hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia, syn. Bonasa bonasia)

Usage notes

  • The word pyy appears in the common name of a large number of birds, usually indicating a similar appearance to the hazel grouse, even if the species are not related.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

idioms

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *püü. Cognates include Finnish pyy and Estonian püü.

Pronunciation

Noun

pyy

  1. hazel grouse

Declension

More information Declension of (type 8/maa, no gradation), singular ...

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790), “пюу”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 681

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *püü. Cognates include Finnish pyy and Estonian püü.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpyː/
  • Hyphenation: pyy
  • Rhymes: -yː

Noun

pyy (genitive pyyn, partitive pyydy)

  1. hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia)

Declension

More information Declension of (Type 15/suu, no gradation), singular ...

References

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019), “pyy”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN
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