-yé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ye"

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je/
• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: yé, yê

Determiner

-yé

1. plural marker

   Piti-yé dròl. ― Children are odd.

   Lamézon-çalayé té krasé! ― Those houses were filthy!

Usage notes

• Used to specify a noun as plural. Nouns on their own may act as singular or plural based on context.
• Not used concurrently with dê or lê, which are words that perform similar functions.
• The suffix's hyphen is dropped when used with other postpositional determiners (see examples above).

Derived terms

• -çalayé
• -çayé
• -çilayé
• -çiyé
• -layé