The T́uliǹgrai Etymological Dictionary

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  Y and Ŷ

Etymology: Eretiǹgrai Y, from the same letter in Mižinai.

The 29th letter of the T́uliǹgrai alphabet is a vowel. Like all vowels, it's short, and has two aspects, called "broad" and "narrow".

The broad aspect of this vowel is pronounced like the Y in Latin or the Ypsilon in Greek, and its name is y (informal) and eyretai (formal).

The narrow aspect is pronounced like the Ö in German. Its name is ŷ or y kapeol (informal), or eŷretai or eyretai kapeol (formal).
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YLI–
YLILIM–
YRET–
ŶRET–

YLI–

Etymology: Eretiǹgrai elie, above (adverb)

yla — To rise above something, as an obstacle (transitive verb, zaylax).

Ylai — A personal name, of any gender (proper noun).

ylakore — A piece of jewelry in a shape that suggests rising, or rising above something (count noun, eylakorai).

ylakoreste — A bunch, set, or collection of such jewelry; or a box to keep them in (count noun, eylakorestai).

ylakristei — A dream of rising from the ground, rising in the air, or rising above something (event noun, eiylakristai).

ylakristestei — A group or bunch of such dreams (event noun, eiylakristestai).

ylarnē — A person who rises above an obstacle (animate noun, ēylarnai).

yle — A token, memento, or souvenir of rising above something (count noun, eylai).

yleste — A group or set or collection of the above (count noun, eylestai).

ylê — The feeling of accomplishment after rising above something (mass noun, êylai).

ylei — The act of rising above something; the act of rising (event noun, eiylai).

ylē — A person or other living thing which overcomes the obstacles against it; an achiever (animate noun, ēylai).

yli — To rise, as from the ground, or in social standing (intransitive verb, zaylix).

yli- — A combining form, over- as in overbearing, overweening; super- as in superhuman, and so forth (adverbial particle).

ylirnē — A person who rises; a rising star, a riser (animate noun, ēylirnai).

ylo — Like or pertaining to rising (adjective, ylol).

ylu — Above (preposition).

yly — As ylo, but an adverb (adverb, ylyr).

YLILIM–

Etymology: yli-, super- + -lim-, air (noun)

ylilima — To furnish or provide oxygen, suffuse something with oxygen, oxygenate (transitive verb, zaylilimax).

Ylilimai — A personal name, of any gender, transcribed in fiction on this site as Ylilimi (proper noun).

ylilimakore — A piece of jewelry in the shape of Y, the chemical symbol of oxygen, or otherwise depicting or emblematic of oxygen (count noun, eylilimakorai).

ylilimakoreste — A bunch, set, or collection of such jewelry; or a box to keep them in (count noun, eylilimakorestai).

ylilimakristei — A dream of oxygen, especially of being light-headed from oxygen (event noun, eiylilimakristai).

ylilimakristestei — A group or bunch of such dreams (event noun, eiylilimakristestai).

ylilimarnē — A person who provides or supplies oxygen, or oxygenates something (animate noun, ēylilimarnai).

ylilime — An oxygen atom or molecule, or a chunk of frozen oxygen (count noun, eylilimai).

ylilimeste — A group or set or collection of the above (count noun, eylilimestai).

ylilimê — Oxygen, a chemical element (symbol Y, atomic number 10, or "8" in "decimal") (mass noun, êylilimai).

ylilimei — The act of providing or supplying oxygen; of oxygenating something; the act or learning about oxygen and its properties, and how to handle it safely (event noun, eiylilimai).

ylilimē — A person or other living thing which extracts oxygen from the air; an oxygen-breather, an air-breather, a breather (animate noun, ēylilimai).

ylilimi — To learn about oxygen, its properties, and how to handle it safely (intransitive verb, zaylilimix).

ylilimirnē — A person who does the above (animate noun, ēylilimirnai).

ylilimo — Like or pertaining to oxygen (adjective, ylilimol).

ylilimy — As above, but an adverb (adverb, ylilimyr).

YRET–

Etymology: y, informal name for the letter Y, + ret, a letter of the alphabet (count noun)

yreta — To mark something with the letter Y (transitive verb, zayretax).

Yretai — A personal name, of any gender (proper noun).

yretakore — A piece of jewelry in the shape of the letter Y (count noun, eyretakorai).

yretakoreste — A bunch, set, or collection of such jewelry; or a box to keep them in (count noun, eyretakorestai).

yretakristei — A dream of the letter Y (event noun, eiyretakristai).

yretakristestei — A group or bunch of such dreams (event noun, eiyretakristestai).

yretarnē — A person who marks something with the letter Y (animate noun, ēyretarnai).

yrete — The letter Y (count noun, eyretai).

yreteste — A group or set or collection of the above (count noun, eyretestai).

yretê — Y-ness; the balance, shape, design, or composition of the letter Y (mass noun, êyretai).

yretei — The act of marking something with a Y, or making art incorporating the letter Y (event noun, eiyretai).

yretē — A person or other living thing whose name begins with the letter Y (animate noun, ēyretai).

yreti — To make a piece of art that incorporates the letter Y (intransitive verb, zayretix).

yretirnē — A person who does the above (animate noun, ēyretirnai).

yreto — Like or pertaining to the letter Y (adjective, yretol).

yrety — As above, but an adverb (adverb, yretyr).

ŶRET–

Etymology: y, informal name for the letter Ŷ, + ret, a letter of the alphabet (count noun)

ŷreta — To mark something with the letter Ŷ (transitive verb, zaŷretax).

Ŷretai — A personal name, of any gender (proper noun).

ŷretakore — A piece of jewelry in the shape of the letter Ŷ (count noun, eŷretakorai).

ŷretakoreste — A bunch, set, or collection of such jewelry; or a box to keep them in (count noun, eŷretakorestai).

ŷretakristei — A dream of the letter Ŷ (event noun, eiŷretakristai).

ŷretakristestei — A group or bunch of such dreams (event noun, eiŷretakristestai).

ŷretarnē — A person who marks something with the letter Ŷ (animate noun, ēŷretarnai).

ŷrete — The letter Ŷ (count noun, eŷretai).

ŷreteste — A group or set or collection of the above (count noun, eŷretestai).

ŷretê — Ŷ-ness; the balance, shape, design, or composition of the letter Ŷ (mass noun, êŷretai).

ŷretei — The act of marking something with a Ŷ, or making art incorporating the letter Ŷ (event noun, eiŷretai).

ŷretē — A person or other living thing whose name begins with the letter Ŷ (animate noun, ēŷretai).

ŷreti — To make a piece of art that incorporates the letter Ŷ (intransitive verb, zaŷretix).

ŷretirnē — A person who does the above (animate noun, ēŷretirnai).

ŷreto — Like or pertaining to the letter Ŷ (adjective, ŷretol).

ŷrety — As above, but an adverb (adverb, ŷretyr).

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