Tangle words starting with Y

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• Yaa Do it, will do it; will take place
• Yaali Ululation
• Yabe Chicken
• Yabe ma dala duck
• Yaddak Hero, warrior, conqueror
• Yagan Name of a female in some clans
• Yagi To separate stones from grains, to sieve
• Yagji Separated, sieved
• Yagugo Has/have mixed blended it
• Yagle To frequent doing something
• Yagthe Will shake
• Yaji Spice
• Yalaigo To escape
• Yalak-yalak Shiny, sparkling, glistering
• Yalam Oil
• Yali miss, will miss
• Yalji Missed, has/have been missed
• Yalla Male name of a clan
• Yalo Hausa
• Yalthu Dilute, adulterate, water down
• Yalthugo Has added water to soup; has diluted
• Yaluwe Name of a person
• Yamba God
• Yambali To pretend/ not to be real
• Yamnu In the past; in ancient times
• Yamyam Rainbow
• Yangjang Termites
• Yangli Chains, manacles
• Yang-yang Ideop
• Yanjin To pretend not to accept
• Yankwada Squirel
• Yanu do it again/ repeat it
• Yanun-pip Forever, for evermore
• Yappe Will search, hunt
• Yappo Name of a person in some clans
• Yappu To look for it
• Yar/Yara Root(s)
• Yaran-yarang Clear, uncontaminated (usually descr. water)
• Yarangu Scatter, disperse
• Yarangu ananpina Disperse them
• Yarango Has/have scattered or dispersed
• Yaru Wrap it, fold it up
• Yaris Emitting sour liquid, bile
• Yaryau Flat cake made from millet or guinea corn and beans
• Yartobok To make or weave grass mat
• Yas – yas adj to describe good yield of grains
• Yathago To do it for you (male)
• Yauli Firewood
• Yayi Accidental occurrence; something not intentionally done
• Ye Drink
• Ye Exclamation of surprise, wonder; to express shock at an occurrence
• Yebu Fix it, stick .Yeb
• Yebbu To carve, make something out of wood
• Yebbei Carving, sculpting something
• Yeddu Change, modify, alter
• Yeddugo Has changed, altered, modified (it)
• Yedduwa Barter
• Yedduyedde Exchange, swapping
• Yedduk aje The moulted coat of a snake
• Yee Slippery, greasy, lubricious
• Yedo Chewing, masticating
• Yedoki To stand firm on something
• Yedpandi To pile up stones
• Yedu Chew it.Yedi
• Yedadu Enclose them
• Yeduk Hiccough
• Yeg To put strings into something e.g. beads
• Yegdin Gossip
• Yege Swimming
• Yei Grinding
• Yeiya Farm
• Yeiyi Will grind
• Yeiyum Iron, steel, metal
• Yekku A religious festival/worship
• Yekkutho Come down; bring it down.Yekke
• Yekkattu Pl. (They) will come down
• Yekkadna Have come down
• Yekubokko To shift blame
• Yekkuyekke Slope, getting down
• Yele Witchcraft, sorcery, magical powers
• Yelem Describes the flow of mucus or saliva from the nose or mouth
• Yelem-yelem Slimy, greasy
• Yeli Will pour, put
• Yelli Earth, soil
• Yelli lala Mud for building
• Yelli lawale Id
• Yellang saba Distortion, misrepresentation
• Yelu Pour it; put it in
• Yelle Will make error, mistake
• Yelleng-yelleng To do something in an unorganized way
• Yelluwa Error, mistake
• Yelyel Bone marrow
• Yembulem Vessel, dish
• Yemyem Describes a state of lost or hopelessness especially of a person in a state of…
• Yen To produce, press oil from groundnuts, beniseeds etc
• Yengu Soak
• Yenguji Is soaked
• Yenguthu Sieve
• Yengutgo Has/have sieved it
• Yepputhu Throw it away Yepputhe. v.Will throw away.. Yeputgo
• Yepputpulo Miscarriage, abortion
• Yer To swell
• Yerbee Describes mucour streaming out from the nose or mouth
• Yeret Three legged wood fixed for use
• Yerge To swing, swinging
• Yerket A container hunged like a swing on a roof
• Yerji Kindness, benevolence; giving out to others
• Yes A kind of tree by the river
• Yeskoorok Malicious, mischievous
• Yesu Jesus
• Yessi Flour, mainly from grain
• Yi He, him
• Yibat Air, wind
• Yibok Spirit
• Yibu Start
• Yiddu Wipe
• Yiddi Bird(s)
• Yidwantho Sleep
• Yigau Earthworm
• Yiglau Crowdy
• Yigo White ants that bite hard and often found on trees
• Yigthu Shake it
• Yigthe Struggling, scrambling over something e.g. food
• Yilgidik Hard, tough ( of earth/ground)
• Yik Body
• Yillu Take, pick it
• Yilmo unfertile land
• Yilong Shadow, silhouette, shade, image
• Yiluk Soup
• Yilush Saliva
• Yimbu Remember, recall, call to mind
• Yimbadgo Have rememberd, recalled.Yimbe
• Yimbuwa . Remembering, thinking, thought
• Yimbuno To remind me
• Yimmu Reflexive pronoun
• Yimus Spirit, soul, breath
• Yimmo Like this
• Yini (Third person plural)
• Yingulu Considerate; show interest.Yingule
• Yingling-yingling Restless; moving from one place to another
• Yingo Come, have it (to a male)
• Yingo Beads
• Yinje Come, have it (to a female)
• Yinon Anger, annoyance
• Yintham Be going
• Yinu Smell it
• Yipaba Sorry
• Yippu Catch it
• Yippu Like, similar to, akin to
• Yisak Isaiah
• Yissa Sneeze
• Yissu Eat it (in bits) Yisse
• Yithitti Quiet, silent, calm, still, tranquil
• Yiwu Reflexive pronoun
• Yog’am Rainstorm
• Yogbore South wind
• Yograa West wind
• Yogtong East wind
• Yogo Wind, air
• Yog-rwa South/ southerly wind
• Yokkadu/Yokku Pick them Yokke
• Yokkugo Has/have picked them
• Yokko Better
• Yolo Smoke
• Yonge A boar
• Yongom louse/lice
• Yogthu Turn it upside down
• Yolbot – yolbot To describe what cannot stay upright
• Yonyon Very (usually added to heavy)
• Yoo leg
• Yooguthog Sagging, loose, flobby
• Yoom not reliable, undependable
• Yoplo Baptism
• Yorpok Continuous objection to control Yor – yor.adv
• Yotol-yotol tiny, small (eg. children)
• Yoyu Pull it
• Yoyei Pulling
• Yu Quiet, calm, silent
• Yubal To submerge in water
• Yududdu Very cold (particularly of water/ weather)
• Yugdu-yugdu Describes a tree that produced plenty fruits
• Yuglum-yuglum Ideop
• Yugne Elephant
• Yukku Tie it into bundles
• Yukkei Sheaf, sheaves
• Yukkujuk wet, soaked with water
• Yukkule To do something slowly, leisurely, unhurriedly
• Yulum-yulum Soothing, relaxing, comforting, cool e.g. weather
• Yumbulthum descriptive of a bulky, protruding forehead
• Yungu Move something a bit; to budge
• Yungul-yungul To walk boastfully, arrogantly
• Yungur Unthreshed guinea corn, grain
• Yuryur Ideop
• Yuwane John
• Yuyu Calm, composed