122 terms start with “y”

yux̣yux̣

Definition:

Gargle, rinse mouth.

Examples:

  1. pináyux̣yux̣šaaš ‘I’m rinsing my mouth out’;
  2. pináyux̣yux̣naq̓iyaaš k̓íš ku níix̣ sɨ́nwita ku čáw mɨlá ‘I finished rinsing out my mouth so that I will talk well and not bad’.

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[Y yux̣yúx̣ ‘unstable, teetering’.]

yx̣ʷt

Bound root. šapáyx̣ʷtk ‘clean peelings off roots’; waláyx̣ʷtk ‘hobble (horse)’. [Perhaps related to yuk̓áat ‘soft’ and/or /yq̓út/ in /tqeyq̓útk/ ‘suffer from eating too much sweets’ (Aoki 1994:956).]