36 terms start with “y”

Yes-no

watx̣ɨ́n (yes-no question particle).

Yesterday

  1. watím ‘yesterday’;
  2. watimpamápa ‘day before yesterday’.

Yet

áx̣ʷay ‘still, yet, later’; čáwx̣i ‘not yet’; úykni ‘further, yet more, from the start’.

Yew

wawanínš ‘Pacific or western yew, Taxus brevifolia‘; wawaninšmí tmaanít ‘yew berries’.

Yoke

šapáwašɨmux̣t ‘horse collar, yoke’; musmuscɨnmí šapáwašɨmux̣t ‘yoke of oxen’.

Yonder

yúuk ‘over there, yonder’.

You

  1. =nam ‘you’ (singular);
  2. =pam ‘you, yours, your’ (plural);
  3. ím ‘you’ (nominative singular);
  4. imanáy ‘you’ (accusative singular)

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You

  1. ím (nominative singular);
  2. imáy (nominative plural);
  3. imanáy (accusative singular);
  4. imaamanáy (accusative plural);
  5. imiiní (nominative dual);
  6. imiinamanáy (accusative dual).

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=nam ‘you’ (nominal suffix)

=pam ‘you all, you guys’ (nominal suffix)

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Young

  1. kskɨ́s ‘small, little, young’ (singular);
  2. kkɨ́s ‘small, little, young’ (plural).

Young

  1. ináw ‘young unmarried man’;
  2. tmáy ‘young unmarried woman’;
  3. ístama ‘young (of animals)’;
  4. ač̓áyˀač̓ay ‘young magpie’.

Younger

  1. ɨsx̣ɨ́p ‘man’s younger brother’;
  2. áyc ‘man’s younger sister’;
  3. páyčt ‘woman’s younger brother’;
  4. ɨsíp ‘woman’s younger sister’.

Youngest

láymut; kskɨ́salala ‘smallest, youngest’.

Your

ɨ- (with kinship terms when the relative is older); ím- (with kinship terms when the relative is younger).

Yours

=maš ‘yours, your’ (singular); =mataš ‘yours, your’ (plural).

Yours

  1. imíin ‘yours, your’ (genitive singular);
  2. imaamíin ‘yours, your’ (genitive plural);
  3. imiinamí ‘yours, your’ (genitive dual).

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Youth

ináw ‘young unmarried man’; ttáwax̣t ‘growing, growth, descendant, pedigree, youth’; kkɨ́sma ttáwax̣tma ‘youths’.