See also: iye, iyẹ, and ˀiyé·-

Turkish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـیه (-iye), from Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya). Doublet of -iyet.

Suffix

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-iye

  1. (no longer productive) Used to make municipality, corporation, discipline names.
    mal (item, property) + ‎-iye → ‎maliye (municipality of economy, economics)
    harp (war) + ‎-iye → ‎harbiye (military dicipline)
  2. (no longer productive) Used to make place, structure and building names.
    adil (just) + ‎-iye → ‎adliye (courthouse)
    fışk- (to gush out) + ‎-iye → ‎fıskiye (fountain, sprinkler)
  3. (no longer productive) Used to make item names.
    şems (sun) + ‎-iye → ‎şemsiye (umbrella)
    davet (invitation) + ‎-iye → ‎davetiye (invitation card)
  4. (no longer productive) Used to make collective nouns

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Medieval Latin -ia.

Suffix

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-iye

  1. Used to form place and country names
    Synonyms: -ya, -istan
    Türk (Turkish) + ‎-iye → ‎Türkiye (Turkey, Türkiye)

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV -iye
Brazilian standard -iye
New Tribes -iye

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-iye

  1. forms the jussive mood

Usage notes

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This suffix can be used with all persons. In the third person it takes series II markers, in all other persons series I.

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “iye”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 231–232, 440