y̓

y̓ article. cf. yʔ1 / article BEFORE VOWELS

• t̓əxʷ kʷ iksm̓áyaʔɬtm̓ y̓ aksənɬq̓ʷúttn̓ I’m going to show you where you’re going to sleep (PS)
• nəx̌ʷnx̌ʷiw̓s y̓ akskəkʕákaʔ A pair of birds (of yours) (PS)
• čun̓txʷ iʔ asəxʷk̓ʷúl̓m̓. Tell your working man. (PS)
• uɬ lut t̓ə čpaʔsmístxʷ y̓ ank̓ʕáwmn̓ You never thought about your prayers (PS)

y̓, iʔ article. THE GLOTTAL STOP TENDS TO BE RETAINED BEFORE OBSTRUENTS AND DELETED BEFORE RESONANTS

• iʔ l̓ snixʷtíɬc̓aʔs iʔ n̓x̌aʔx̌ʔítkʷ. It was the inside of the sea monster. (PS)
• itíʔ iʔ čk̓ɬn̓k̓ahk̓ʷípɬtm̓. That one's the one who opened the door. (PS)
• iʔ síl̓xʷaʔ, swit áɬiʔ n̓ʔaɬnaʔsqílxʷtn. It’s the big, that who because it’s a people-eater/monster. (PS)
• kʷu swɬtiɬən̓ iʔ t ksənk̓ʷul̓məntət We will ask for jobs for us (PS)
• iʔ q̓ʷy̓aˤs. The black man., He is a black man.

y̓ak̓ʷáqsm̓ past mid winter

• way̓ t̓əxʷ y̓ak̓ʷáqsm̓ uɬ aɬíʔ pútiʔ ksxʷuyən̓t It’s past mid winter and there’s still lots of ice (PS)

y̓ar̓mn̓wíxʷ push each other

y̓ay̓ákʷaʔ stingy

y̓ay̓áx̌aʔ watch TV, watch a movie / watch TV / / see a movie

y̓áˤʔmíxa go to a powwow

y̓c̓iʔstn̓, iʔc̓íʔstn̓ horse tail (OkB)

y̓íl̓piʔst hit target

y̓iʔxʷútaʔ low

y̓lmixʷm̓ manager, boss / chief / manager/boss

y̓l̓pnun̓t manage to hit (with fast moving object)

y̓xíxiʔ (in) a while. see yxxʔ

y̓xʷmlxus downhill

y̓ʔáˤwtúsaʔ geog. name of a low hill south of nʕ̓ann̓ where the trail from snqiltreached the Sanpoil River. B’s etym: trail along the rim / geog (OkB)