Dy
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
Dy
- (chemistry) Symbol for dysprosium.
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Dy (plural Dys)
- A surname from Khmer.
Anagrams edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From Hokkien 李 (Lí), via Spanish Dy, with the initial ⟨L-⟩ changed to ⟨D-⟩ due to /l/~/d/ allophony when the proceeding vowel is either, [i], [e], or [u] in Philippine Hokkien.[1]
Proper noun edit
Dy
- a surname
References edit
- ^ Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “D.”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 99; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 99
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Hokkien 李 (Lí), via Spanish Dy, with the initial ⟨L⟩ changed to ⟨D⟩ due to /l/~/d/ allophony when the proceeding vowel is either, [i], [e], or [u] in Philippine Hokkien.[1] Compare Indonesian Lie.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Dy (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)
- a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dy is the 473rd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 17,842 individuals.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “D.”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 99; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 99
Xhosa edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
Dy (lower case dy)
- A digraph in Xhosa orthography.