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Navajo words beginning with Y

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This page lists the 49 words beginning with Y in the Navajo community dictionary. Each word has its own page with its full meaning and example sentence. This data is openly available at no cost for language preservation and research, with attribution to LanguageKnow. You can return to the home page or browse all languages at any time.

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49 words and 0 phrases — 49 entries in total.

Words (49)

Y (49)

yá (Navajo) postp Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

for him/her/it/them

yaaʼ (Navajo) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

louse, tick, mite, flea

yágháhookáán (Navajo) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

outer space

yah (Navajo) postp Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

inside, into an enclosed space, into an enclosure

yáłtiʼ (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is speaking, talking

yas (Navajo) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

snow

Yas Niłtʼees (Navajo) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

January

yáʼátʼóo (Navajo) intj Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

hellooo! (shouted inquisitively)

Yaʼiishjááshchilí (Navajo) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

June

Yaʼiishjáástsoh (Navajo) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

July

yee (Navajo) postp Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

with, by means of, by means of it

yibal (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

it is flapping it, waving it (as a blanket in the wind)

yicha (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is crying, weeping

yícha (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

third-person singular/dual perfective of yicha

yidziih (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she has survived, remains, is left

yidzį́į́s (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is pulling it, dragging it, towing it

yígíí (Navajo) det Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

that which is; the one

yihę́ę́s (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

it itches (said of a body part)

yikááh (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is going (with at least two other people, as part of a group), they (3+) are going

yikʼeed (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is having sex with him/her

yił (Navajo) postp Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

with it/him/her/them

yiłbąąs (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she rolls it (a hoop, wheel, or something on wheels), is rolling it (a hoop, wheel, or…

yiłbéézh (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is boiling it

yíłchʼąął (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she arrives carrying it on a handle or cord.

yildééh (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is wiping it off of himself/herself, removing it from himself/herself, clearing it…

yiłhod (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is rocking it, moving it back and forth

yiltłʼééł (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she/it is trotting along, jogging along

yiltsą́ (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

she is pregnant

yílyeed (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she/it arrives running

yímáás (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she/it comes, arrives rolling to a place

yinizh (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is picking it, plucking it (flowers, hairs)

yisdis (Navajo) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

roll (something that is rolled up)

yishbéézh (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

third-person singular/dual perfective of yiłbéézh

yishóósh (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is stuffing it (into) somewhere

yiską́o (Navajo) adv Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

tomorrow

yistłé (Navajo) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

sock/socks, stockings

yitiih (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is becoming hesitant, shy, reluctant, he/she is lacking the courage

yitłish (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is in the process of falling, is moving along through the air

yitłʼó (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is weaving it

yiwozh (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is ticklish

yiyiiłhash (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is biting him/her/it once, giving him/her/it a bite

yiyiiłtʼoh (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is shooting him/her/it (with an arrow), stabbing him/her/it (with a spear)

yiyiitał (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is giving it a kick, is kicking it once

yoolééł (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is going along carrying it (a rope-like object)

yoołjił (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is going along carrying it on his/her back

yoostsah (Navajo) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

ring (item of jewelry)

yootʼááł (Navajo) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

he/she is walking along with aggressive intentions

yooʼ (Navajo) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

bead, (strand of) beads

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