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English

Alternative forms

  • yyyy (four-digit)

Noun

yy

  1. Abbreviation of year, in two-digit numeric format, as in: dd/mm/yy.

Asturian

Pronunciation

Letter

yy (upper case Yy)

  1. (dialectical) A dialectal digraph of the Asturian alphabet.

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈyː/, [ˈyː]
  • Rhymes: -yː
  • Syllabification(key): yy
  • Hyphenation(key): yy

Etymology 1

    Possibly from Latin ȳ, but more likely formed by analogy to the other names of vowel letters.

    Noun

    yy

    1. The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.
    Declension
    More information nominative, genitive ...
    More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

    Etymology 2

      < yksi, specifically the initial syllable

      Numeral

      Finnish numbers (edit)
      10[a], [b]
       ←  0 1 2  →  10   [a], [b]
          Cardinal: yksi
          Colloquial counting form: yy
          Ordinal: ensimmäinen
          Colloquial ordinal: eka, ensin
          Ordinal abbreviation: 1., 1:nen
          Digit name: ykkönen
          Adverbial: kerran, (mathematics) yhdesti
          Multiplier: yksinkertainen
          Distributive: yksittäin
          Collective: yksin

      yy (colloquial)

      1. (counting) one
      Synonyms
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      Mbya Guarani

      Noun

      yy

      1. water

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