36 terms start with “y

Yes-no

watx̣ɨ́n (yes-no question particle).

Yesterday

watím; 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

=nam ‘you’ (singular); =pam ‘you, yours, your’ (plural).

You

ím (nominative singular); imáy (nominative plural); imanáy (accusative singular); imaamanáy (accusative plural); imiiní (nominative dual); imiinamanáy (accusative dual).

Young

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

Young

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

Younger

ɨsx̣ɨ́p ‘man’s younger brother’; áyc ‘man’s younger sister’; páyčt ‘woman’s younger brother’; 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

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

Youth

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