ya interj. yes. Usage: Location: F. See: ye; yes. SD: Y. [Note: used to be particle old standard]

yad n. yard; fenced area; caged area. Usage: Location: N. SD: D.

yadim vt. put in a yard. Usage: Location: N. SD: U.

yadimap vt. 1) put in a yard.

yadimapbat See main entry: yadimap.

yakkai interj. horrors; come off it!! Usage: Location: N. Syn: yiki. SD: X.

yalala adj. satisfied; pleased. Usage: Location: N. SD: O.

yalbun SynD: yarlbun. n. waterlily seed pod (edible). Usage: Location: BN. SD: M. [Note: not known at F]

yan n. yarn; talk; conversation. Usage: Location: N. SD: C.

yang adj. young; little. Usage: Location: FN. SD: N.

yangbala SynD: yangpela. n. young people. Usage: Location: F. SD: B.

yangbalawan adj. young. [Note: check]

yangboi n. young boy; hero. Usage: Location: N. SD: B.

yangboitaim Etym: young boy time . [Note: check]

yanggai n. young man. Usage: Location: F. SD: B.

yanggel n. young girl. Usage: Location: N. SD: B.

yanggiswan adj. youngest. See main entry: yangiswan. [Note: check old standard]

yangiswan adj. youngest. [Note: check]

yangmen n. young man. Usage: Location: N. SD: B.

yangsan n. young son. Usage: Location: N. SD: B.

yaraba interj. okay for you; that's to do with you. warlu bin ben mi. Yaraba that's your fault Usage: Location: F. SD: X. [Note: borrowing from Walmajarri]

yarl n. kind of tree used in making artifacts. Usage: Location: BN. SD: M.

yarlma n. yam. Usage: Location: BN. SD: E; M.

yarraman n. horse. Usage: Location: BN. Syn: hos. SD: H.

yarwok n. wild yam. Usage: Location: BN. SD: M.

yawarda SynD: yaworda. n. horse. Usage: Location: F. SD: H. [Note: = yarraman N, 11/79]

yawodi interj. Usage: Location: N. SD: X.

ye interj. yes. Usage: Location: N. See: ya; yes. SD: Y. [Note: used to be particle]

yeho interj. oh! Usage: Location: F. SD: X.

yekyek vi. yak; chatter or talk noisily and pointlessly; laugh noisily. don yekyekbat langa kemp. Yupela garra yekyek atsaid Usage: Location: F. SD: C.

yela SynD: yelo, yelowan. adj. yellow. Usage: Location: N. SD: N.

yelabala n. half-caste; part-Aboriginal. Usage: Location: N. SD: B. [Note: old standard]

yelapat n. yellow part. Usage: Location: N. SD: N.

yelawan adj. yellow. [Note: check]

yelawud tri n. yellow-wood tree. Terminalia canescens. Usage: Location: BN. SD: M.

yem n. yam; root vegetable. Usage: Location: BN. SD: E; M.

yemstik n. 1) yam stick; stick for digging yams.

yertno interj. half cooked. Usage: Location: N. SD: E; X. [Note: may be Ngalkbun]

yes interj. yes. Usage: Location: N. See: ya; ye. SD: Y. [Note: used to be particle JL: Is this English?]

yestadei SynD: yestidei; SynD: yestidi. adv. yesterday. Usage: Location: FN. SD: V.

yet adv. yet; still. yu bin faindim det walit main? Wi neba faindim yet dei neba kamat yet from Pitrai wi neba faindim yet later it arrived Usage: Location: FN. SD: V. [Note: until time axis of discourse]

yiki interj. horrors! Usage: Location: N. Syn: yakkai. SD: X.

yirrim vt. hear; listen; pay attention. Usage: Location: N. See: irrim. SD: S.

yiya SynD: yia. n. year. Usage: Location: N. SD: V.

yiyastaim Etym: year's time . [Note: check]

yo interj. yes. Usage: Location: N. See: ya, ye. SD: X.

yolabat pro. you (plural); (second person plural). Usage: Location: N. See: yumob, yubala. SD: Z.

yowai interj. yes. Usage: Location: N. See: yuwai. SD: X.

yu interj. yes. Usage: Location: N. See: yuwai. SD: X.

yu pro. you; second person singular pronoun. Jenyuri yu jarriny de Usage: Location: FN. SD: Z. [Note: generally singular]

yubala SynD: yupela 'Location: F'. pro. you (plural); (second person plural). we ibin go yupela? Usage: Location: FN. SD: Z. [Note: often used as a vocative]

yubin contraction of yu bin. [Note: check]

yubina [Note: check]

yujum vt. use. yu kin yujum dijan Usage: Location: F. SD: U.

yul If yu go atjaid en yul bi big. If you go out away from it you'll become big again. Usage: light Location: F. See: yu; garra. Etym: you'll . SD: Z.

Yulngumatha n. Yolngumatha; name of an Aboriginal language spoken in north-east Arnhem Land. Usage: Location: N. SD: C.

yumandi you (plural) want; you (plural) will; Contraction of yumob andi. Usage: Location: N. See: yumob; andi. SD: Z.

yumob pro. you (plural); (second person plural). Usage: Location: N. SD: Z.

yumobwan adj. [Note: check]

yumobwei adv. your way. [Note: check]

yunda interr. do you want ...? Usage: Location: F. SD: W.

yundubala SynD: yudubala 'Location: FN'; SynD: yunbala 'Location: N'; SynD: yundu 'Location: H'. pro. you two; (second person dual). Usage: Location: FHN. SD: Z.

yunmalabat pro. we and you; (first person plural inclusive). Usage: Location: N. SD: Z.

yunmi pro. we two; (first person dual inclusive). Usage: Location: N. See: minyu. SD: Z.

yuno interj. you know. Usage: Location: FN. SD: X. [Note: tag question and statement]

yunowot interr. you know what? Usage: Location: F. SD: W.

yurenyam Variant: yureinyam; yureinyum. n. uranium. Usage: Location: BN. SD: G.

yusda SynD: yusdo, yusdu 'Location: F'. va. be used to; be familiar with. nomo yusda langa im. not familiar with it. Usage: Location: N. See: yustu. SD: Q.

yuselp SynD: yuselb 'Location: F'. pro. yourself. yul dai yuselp yuno Usage: Location: FN. SD: Z.

yusim SynD: yusum. vt. use. Yu garra yusum yu bodi raitwei. Yu garra yusum yu bodi langa dijan langa top wei. You should use your body in the right way. You should use your body in the way God wants. Usage: Location: N. SD: U.

yusimap vt. use up; finish. yusimap mani. spend all the money. Usage: Location: N. SD: T.

yustu va. used to. Dei bin yusta abum bot. They used to have a boat. Usage: Location: N. See: yusda. SD: Q.

yusum vt. use. [Note: check]

yusumbat See main entry: yusum.

yusumbek vt. use something belonging to someone else who has borrowed an equivalent thing. Usage: Location: F. SD: U.

yuswan pro. yours. Usage: Location: F. SD: Z.

yuwai interj. yes. Usage: Location: N. See: yowai. SD: X.

yuwalabat pro. you (plural); (second person plural). Usage: Location: N. SD: Z.