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Yarn : Diditl'ey KH+ED Ngi'in Qay Xichux diditl'ey oqo xinaghitl-'an'. ED+KH Over there in Anchorage I was looking for some yarn.

Year : Nixidighidhił. AJ+AJ lit. A year is going by. Time is passing. Nixidighidhit ts'i AJ+AJ A year having gone by   Go dadz xiq'i nixidiniłdhit. AJ That's how old I am.     Oghda' HM+RD Next year   Oghda' gidegh xitodił. HM+RD They're going away next year.

Yeast : Viyił giniłjid KH+ED lit. With it something ferments Viyił giniłjid yił nighandltth'in itltse. ED+KH I'm making bread with yeast.

Yell : See "Holler"

Yes : E KH+ED

Yesterday : Q'iydong KH+ED Q'iydong getiy nedhot ts'in' yiggighisdo'. ED+KH Yesterday I sat here for a really long time.

Yet : Tth'e RD Tth'e tsaghłdith'oy ts'in'. HM+RD It's not dark yet.   Tth'e ithoy ts'in'. HM+ED+KH He didn't come yet.     Tth'e iy HM+RD Not yet   Ngitingil dinevinh, he'? Tth'e iy. HM+ED Is your pail full? Not yet.

You : Nginh KH+ED Nginh gila viyił dingit'anh. KH+ED You should go with her.

Young : Idaghdhilinh KH+ED lit. Young person Tr'an idaghdhilinh iłchet. ED+KH The old woman married a young man.

Yup'ik, Eskimo : See "People"

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