# iye
## Chichewa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.jé/

### Pronoun

iyé
* he, she (third-person singular personal pronoun)

#### See also

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

## Franco-Provençal
### Noun

iye (Valdôtain, Graphie BREL)
* Alternative form of agouelye (“needle”) documented in the following location(s): Issogne

## Lakota
### Pronoun

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

#### See also
## Lokono
### 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

## Middle English
### Pronoun

iye
* Alternative form of ye (“you”)

## Salar
### Etymology

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

### Noun

iye
* owner, possessor

## Tumbuka
### Pronoun

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

#### See also

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

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ایكه (eye, iye, eyge), ایكا, ایه (iye, eye), from Old Anatolian Turkish ایه (eyä, iyä), اكن (egän) from Proto-Turkic *idi.Was rarely used after 16th Century in Istanbul, but stayed in use dialectally. Reintroduced to the literary language as a Turkic synonym of Arabic sahip. Doublet of ege and obsolete *is/*ıs (whence ıssız (“deserted, uninhabited”)).
* Azerbaijani yiyə
* Bashkir эйә (eyə)
* Karakhanid اِذی (iδi)
* Kazakh ие (ie)
* Khakas ээ (ee)
* Kyrgyz ээ (ee)
* Mongolian эзэн (ezen)
* Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽶𐽶𐽰 (ʾyyʾ /⁠iye⁠/)
* Orkhon Turkic 𐰃𐰓𐰃 (id²i /⁠idé⁠/)
* Southern Altai ээ (ee)
* Tatar ия (iyä), iä
* Tofa ээ
* Turkmen eýe
* Tuvan ээ (ee)
* Uyghur ئىگە (ige)
* Uzbek ega

### Pronunciation

* (standard) IPA: /iˈje/
* (Malatya, Sivas, Gümüşhane, Tokat) IPA: /eˈje/
* (Amasya, Eskişehir, Kars) IPA: /jiˈje/
* Hyphenation: i‧ye

### Noun

iye (definite accusative iyeyi, plural iyeler) (uncommon or dialectal)
* owner, possessor
    Synonyms: sahip, (dated) malik
* custodian
    Synonym: veli
* (Ankara) landlord
    Synonym: ev sahibi
* (İstanbul, Malatya, Sivas, Gümüşhane, Tokat) guardian, protector

#### Declension

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 :

#### Derived terms

* iyelik (“posession, ownership”)
* iyesi olmak (“to own”)

### References

* ↑ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “iḏi”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 41
* ↑ 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
* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “iye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* ↑ 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

### Further reading

* “iye”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “iye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2275
* “iye”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982

## Walloon
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iːj/

### Noun

iye f (plural iyes)
* island

## Ye'kwana
### Alternative forms

* yee, ye (Caura River dialect)
* dhee, dee (Cunucunuma River dialect)

### Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *jôje (“tree, wood”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [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

## Yoruba
### 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: /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: /ī.jē/

#### Noun

iye
* value, price
* amount

##### Derived terms

* iyebíye (“precious”)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /ì.jè/

#### Noun

ìyè
* life