yê

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ye"

Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je/
• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: yé, -yé

Pronoun

yê (third person plural possessive pronoun)

1. their (plural)

Related terms

• yé

Mirandese

Verb

yê

1. superseded spelling of ye (“[he/she] is”)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From ê.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeː/

Particle

yê

1. Gives the genitive sense without the object itself for singular masculine nouns.

   Ev qelem yê min e.

   This pen is mine.

   Eva yê kê ye?
   Ev yê bav ê men e.

   Whose is this?
   It's my father's

2. Forms the definitive case for singular masculine nouns and adjectives.
   • 1959, Stig Wikander, Recueil de textes kourmandji, page 32:

     Yê başhedad keniya, got: Lawo, ji xwe ra tiştekî din bixwaze, sendanê min tucar naşkê, got "Bila, qe, ez vi şerti bi te ra bikim."

     The head-blacksmith laughed and said: Boy, ask for thyself something else, my anvil never breaks, he said "So be it, whatever, I make this bet with thee."

Usage notes

If the proceding noun is oblique, it gives Sense 1; if it is not, it gives Sense 2.

yê xwendekarî

of the student, student's

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yê xwendekar

the student (lit. "the student one")