Dy

See also: dy, dý, dŷ, d.y., d'y, and dy.

Translingual

Symbol

Dy

1. (chemistry) Symbol for dysprosium.

English

Etymology

From Khmer ឌី (dii).

Proper noun

Dy (plural Dys)

1. A surname from Khmer.

Anagrams

• yd, yd.

Cebuano

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Dy

1. a surname

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Dee, Lee, Li

Etymology

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. Compare Indonesian Lie.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdi/ [ˈdi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: Dy

Proper noun

Dy (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dy is the 473^rd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 17,842 individuals.

See also

• Sy
• Ty

Xhosa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̠̥ʲʱ/

Letter

Dy (lower case dy)

1. A digraph in Xhosa orthography.