36 terms start with “y

Yakima

Mámačat; Mámačatpam ~ Wawnakʷšašiłáma ‘Yakima people’; Yakumułá ‘Yakima person’; Yakumułáma ‘Yakima people’; Išatkniłá ‘Yakima or Wanapum person’; Išatkniłáma ‘Yakima or Wanapum people’.

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 latítCleome lutea‘.

Yellow bells

sɨ́kniFritillaria pudica‘. Also called sɨknisɨ́kni.

Yellow Hawk Clinic

Mɨx̣ɨ́š Ítatat płɨx̣pamá (medical clinic on Umatilla Reservation).

Yellowjacket

atníwaVespula spp. & Dolichovespula spp., wasp, hornet, bee’.

Yes

íi; íi áw ‘very well’.