wye

== English == === Alternative forms === why, wy === Etymology === Attested as wi c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps borrowed from Old French ui or gui. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwaɪ/ Rhymes: -aɪ Homophones: y, Y; why (wine–whine merger) === Noun === wye (plural wyes) The name of the Latin script letter Y/y. 1984 Waite, Prata & Martin, C (Computer Program Language), p. 190 Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee. A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track. ==== Derived terms ==== wye cable wye level wye switch ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Alabama: wàyka ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed === Verb === wye (third-person singular simple present wyes, present participle wying or wyeing, simple past and past participle wyed) (transitive) To make something into a wye (letter Y) shape. (transitive, rail transport) To reverse the direction of a train using a wye. === See also === wye aye === Anagrams === Wey, wey, yew == Daakaka == === Alternative forms === we (Baiap) wie (Sesivi) === Noun === wye (West Ambryn) water === References === Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === we, wee, weghe, weiȝ, weiȝh, weih, whi, whye, wiȝh, wy, wyghe, wyȝ, wyȝe qwy (Yorkshire) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English wiga, from Proto-West Germanic *wigō, connected to *wīgan (“to war”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwiː(ə)/, (earlier) /ˈwei̯(ə)/, (later) /ˈweː(ə)/ === Noun === wye (plural wyes) (North Midland or Yorkshire, poetic) A person, a human being. A male person; a man: (especially) A (male) warrior or combatant. A follower or retainer. A form of address to a man. ==== Descendants ==== Middle Scots: wy ==== References ==== == Yola == === Alternative forms === waie === Etymology === From Middle English way, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic *weg. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wai̯/ === Noun === wye (plural wyse) way 1867, “GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY“, page 34: === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 79, &c.