Wet, make wet, sprinkle, put water on, water.
122 terms start with “y”
yáx̣ʷa
Wait for. yáx̣ʷak ‘wait!’; áyax̣ʷak ‘wait for him!’; áyax̣ʷatak xʷɨ́saatna ‘go wait for the old man!’; áyax̣ʷašaaš ‘I am waiting for him’; čná yáx̣ʷak ‘wait here!’; páyax̣ʷaša ‘he is waiting for him’; kutaš áyax̣ʷaša ‘and we are waiting for it’; pɨnmíin apɨ́łapł iyáx̣ʷax̣a wawáx̣ɨmitna ‘its leaves wait for spring’; áyax̣ʷatanam ana mún iwáta waníči łk̓ʷí ‘you should wait for it whenever the day will be named’; kuš kʷná ínč̓a wačá áyax̣ʷašana ayáyatna sɨ́nwitna ‘and I was also there waiting for the beautiful words’; yáxʷasaas 11:30 ‘I’m waiting for 11:30’; táax̣ʷa ‘announce, signal’; yáx̣ʷat ‘waiting’. [NE iyáx̣ʷa; NW iwáx̣i; NP /ˀyáx̣ʷaˀa/.]
-yáy
Personifier. Huliyáy ‘Wind’; Spilyáy ‘Coyote’; sɨlksɨlkyáy ‘Cricket’; talyáy ‘Little Bug’; tx̣awnayáy ‘East Wind’; Wawatawyáy ‘Antelope’; X̣ʷaamayáy ‘Eagle’. See also -ya. [NP /-yéye/.]
yáyš
Bad, ugly; a mild oath or epithet. yáyš ‘no good!’; yáyš čí ‘no good this!’; át yáyš ‘very bad’; yáyšnam wá ‘you’re no good!’ (as said to a dog); yáyš ikú ‘he has done wrong’; yáyš iwá ‘he’s of a bad disposition’.
yáyš
Be bad, be of an ugly disposition. payáyšɨnx̣a miyánašma ‘children get in a bad attitude’.
yáya
Older brother. Vocative. yáya ‘elder brother!’; nayáyas ‘my brother’; iyáš ‘your brother’; piyáp ‘(his/her) brother’. See also pyáp. [NE yáyaˀ; NP /yácaˀ/.]
-yáya
Personifier. tiskayáya ‘Skunk’. See also -ya; -yáy. [NP /-yéye/.]
yayayáal
Broken. aš kú áqawapax̣ʷina ku yayayáal ikʷíya ‘when I dropped it it broke up’.
yáykʷ
Bridgelip sucker, Catostomus columbianus. [NP /qiˀyeq/.]
yayt
Root bound in wíyayt ‘decorate’; wɨ́šyayt ‘decorate with shells’; wímšiyaytš ‘earrings’.