Mámačat; Mámačatpam ~ Wawnakʷšašiłáma ‘Yakima people’; Yakumułá ‘Yakima person’; Yakumułáma ‘Yakima people’; Išatkniłá ‘Yakima or Wanapum person’; Išatkniłáma ‘Yakima or Wanapum people’.
36 terms start with “y”
Yampah
sawítk ‘common or Gardner’s yampah, Indian carrot, Perideridia gairdneri‘. Also called tawtnúk wayx̣wáyčtpa ‘medicine at the bridge’.
Yard
šapíinawit ‘measurement, inch, foot, yard, mile’.
Yarn
wák̓mɨskt; wisxáwas ‘string, thread, twine, yarn’.
Yarrow
wapanwápan ‘western yarrow, Achillea millefolium‘.
Yawn
táwx̣šax̣n.
Year
anwím ‘last year, next year’; anwimá ~ aluwimá ‘from last year, last year’s’.
Year
anwíčt; c̓áat anwíčt ~ cáˀat anwíčt ‘new year’; ayáyani čɨ́mti anwíčt ‘happy new year!’; uynáapt anwíčt ‘seven years’; anmíwit ‘beginning of winter or year’.
Yearling
anwimá ~ aluwimá ‘yearling, one that is a year old’.
Yearn
lalíwa ‘be lonely for, crave, desire, long for, yearn for’.
Yearning
lalíwat ‘loneliness, longing, yearning’.
Yell
túux̣uupn ‘yell and make the weather change’.
Yell
yúuyuun ‘call, holler, yell, shout’; tamáčayk ‘yell, clap, join in making noise’; wátpi ‘quarrel with, yell at’; c̓íikn ‘scream, yell, holler; cry out’.
Yell
wiyátx̣šawk ‘holler back’.
Yellow
mɨx̣ɨ́š; mɨx̣ɨ́š šápɨnčaš ‘yellow face paint’.
Yellow bee plant
tiskaynmí latít ‘Cleome lutea‘.
Yellow bells
sɨ́kni ‘Fritillaria pudica‘. Also called sɨknisɨ́kni.
Yellow Hawk Clinic
Mɨx̣ɨ́š Ítatat płɨx̣pamá (medical clinic on Umatilla Reservation).
Yellowjacket
atníwa ‘Vespula spp. & Dolichovespula spp., wasp, hornet, bee’.
Yes
íi; íi áw ‘very well’.