ay

Symbol

ay

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aɪ/
• Homophones: aye, eye, I

Interjection

ay

1. Ah! alas!
2. Alternative spelling of aye ("yes")

Noun

ay (plural ays)

1. Alternative spelling of aye ("yes")
   • counting the ays and the noes in a vote

Alternative forms

• aye

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈeɪ/
• Homophones: A, eh

Adverb

ay (not comparable)

1. (archaic, poetic or Northern England) Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time.

Noun

ay (plural ays)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter A.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /eɪ/, (New Zealand) IPA: [æɪ]
• Homophones: A, eh

Interjection

ay

1. New Zealand spelling of eh (question tag)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /eɪ/
• Homophones: A, eh

Interjection

ay

1. All right (inter); hooray (inter); cool (inter).

Anagrams

• YA, ya

Noun

ay (Kana spelling アイ)

1. arrow

Noun

ay

1. (Mpakwithi) vegetable

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑj/

Noun

ay (definite accusative ayı, plural aylar)

1. moon
2. month
3. date (day of the month)
   • Bu gün ayın neçəsidir? ― What date is it today?

Adverb

ay

1. Indicates the future tense.

Noun

ay

1. month
2. moon

Interjection

ay

1. obsolete typography of aj

Noun

ay (definite accusative ayı, plural aylar)

1. moon
2. month

Noun

ay (definite accusative ayı, plural aylar)

1. saint

Noun

ay

1. leaf

Verb

ay (Latin spelling)

1. there is, there are

Alternative forms

• ai, ey

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛi̯/

Adverb

ay

1. always, constantly, unceasingly; eternally, forever

Noun

ay

1. Alternative form of ey (“egg”)

Verb

ay

1. first-person singular present indicative of avoir

Noun

ay

1. leaf
2. brim (of a hat)

Noun

ay (3rd person possessive {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

1. moon

Adverb

ay (not comparable)

1. yes

Noun

ay ?

1. dog

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈai/ [ˈai̯]
• Syllabification: ay
• Homophone: hay

Interjection

¡ay!

1. Ah!, Alas!
2. Woe!
3. expresses pain, sorrow, or surprise

Verb

ay

1. Obsolete spelling of hay

Noun

ay

1. Alternative spelling of ai.

Alternative forms

• 'y – elided form, informal, following a word ending with a vowel or "n"
• e

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʔaj/, [ˈʔaɪ̯]
• IPA: /ʔe/, [ʔɛ] (colloquial)

Particle

ay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ᜔)

1. Separates the subject and the predicate. Indicative of a sentence inversion, i.e. from predicate-first form to subject-first form.
   • Ako ay Pilipino. (Pilipino ako.)

     • I am Filipino.
   • Ika'y isang sirena.

     • You're a mermaid. (You're gay.)
2. then; so
   • Kung gayon ay sumunod sa akin

     • If that is so then follow me
3. (regional) Particle used in start or end of sentences to express warning or catch attention. See also: a, o, oy, and aya/ayaa.
   • Parini ka ay/Ay, parini ka. ― Come here.

Alternative forms

• hay

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʔaj/, [ˈʔaɪ̯]

Interjection

ay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ᜔)

1. general exclamation: alas; no; oh; oops
   • Ay! Nahulog.

     • Oops! It fell.
   • Ay! Mali.

     • Oh! It's wrong.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ay
• IPA: /ˈʔaj/, [ˈʔaɪ̯]

Noun

ay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌ᜔)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter I/i, in the Filipino alphabet.
   • Synonym: (in the Abecedario and Abakada alphabet) i

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [ʔaj˧˧]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [ʔaj˦˥]

Verb

ay

1. to cough
   • ay bấu oóc pác ― to cough without a sound
   • ay khảu bẳng ― to cough into a tube (in fear of it being too noisy)
   • da ay ― cough medicine
   • tầư lồm đảng, me̱n ay

     • They caught the cold wind so they coughed.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑj/

Noun

ay (definite accusative ayı, plural aylar)

1. moon
2. month

Interjection

ay

1. exclamation of surprise, shock or fear: oh!
   • Ay kim gelmiş! ― Oh (look) who is (apparently) here!
2. exclamation of pain: ouch!
   • Ay, başım! ― Ouch, my head (hurt)!

Article

ay

1. some (plural indefinite article)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aj/

Noun

ay

1. I (first person pronoun)

Noun

ay

1. iron