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Yankee - (n.) American mi.
yap - (v.) uico bao
yard - (n.) 1. tual. 2. thil chiahnak hmun. 3. lehhmah 36 asiloah pe 3 a saumi.
yardstick - (n.) tahnak fung.
yarn - (n.) la , hnipuan tahnak la
yarrow - (n.) thing phun khat.
yawn - (v.) 1. hahamh. 2. hahamh tik i ka fakpi an bantukin ka an. 3. thing phun khat.
ye - (pron.) pural of you, nanmah.
yea - (adv.) a si ko
year - (n.) kum
year book - (n.) kum khat chung thil ummi ttialnak cauk
yearling - (n.) kum khat a timi sattil.
yearly - (adj.) kum khat voi khat tuahmi , kum tin tuahmi
yearn - (v.) 1. duh , ngaih; e.g. He yearns for home = Inn a ngai. 2. zaangfah, zawnuah; eg. Her heart yearned for the starving children =
Ngakchia rawl tammi kha zaangfah ngaingai hna.
yearning - (n.) duhnak tthawng
yeast - (n.) thilnu , pawngmuk sernak si
yell - (v.) thangpi in au, thangpi in ai.
yellow - (adj.) theithu zawng , aihre zawng
yellow fever - (n.) nawtnak ttihnung ngai phun khat
yellowish - (adj.) a eng nawn a simi.
yelp - (v.) uico bao.
yen - (n.) Japan tangka
yeoman - (n.) bawi pakhatkhat sinum.
yes - (adv.) a si; e.g. Did you go to school? Yes, I went = Sianginn na kai maw? A si, ka kai.
yesterday - (adv.) nizan
yestereve - (adv.) nizan zanlei
yesternight - (n.) nizan zan.
yet - (adv.) rih; e.g. Don't go yet = Kal rih hlah
yet - (conj.) a sinain; e.g. The work is good, yet it could be better = An tuahmi rian cu a tha ko. asinain a ttha deuh kno ko rih hnga.
yew - (n.) thingkung phun khat
Yiddish - (n.) phun kip cawh holh Judah mi nig an hmanmi; German holh hlun a rak si i asinain holh dangdang zong tampi aa cawh cang.
yield - (v.) 1. chuahter; e.g. This land yields good crops = Hi hmun nih hin rawl ttha a chuahter hna. 2. pek; e.g. Tom's father yields his consent to
the plan = Kan khuakhanmi kha Tom pah nih a kan hnatlakpi. 3. i pek; e.g. The enemies yielded to our soldiers = Kan ral cu kan ralkap hna sinah
khan an i pe. 4. i hun; e.g. The door yielded to his push = Innka kha a nam i aa hung.
yield - (n.) chuahtermi zat; e.g. This year's yield from my field was very large = Tukum ka lo chuak cu a tam ngai.
yielding - (adj.) fak in a rak doh lomi , fawi tein aa pemi
yodel - (v.) hlasak tik i aw kel i sak pah i aw thiate i vun i thlen pah tawn khi
yoke - (v.) cawleng caw i banh.
yoke - (n.) 1. seihnam. 2. cawleng hnukmi taphu. 3. tuah knat; a yoke of oxen = cawtum tuah khat. 4. lang; e.g. A man carried two buckets on
a yoke, one at each end = Mipa nih laang ka pakhat in baltin pahnih a put hna, khattelei pakhat veve in.
yoke fellow - (n.) rianttuan hawi.
yokel - (n.) khuate mi
yolk - (n.) arti met
yon - (adj.) khattalei ah.
yonder - (adv.) khattalei ral ah.
yore - (n.) hlanliopi ah.
you - (pron.) 1.nangmah. 2. nanmah.
you'd - (contraction) = 1. you had; 2. you would.
you'll - (contraction) = you will.
young - (adj.) a kum a nomi
youngling - (n.) a kum a nomi minung.
youngster - (n.) ngakchia.
your - (pron.) 1. nangmah ta. 2. nanmah ta.
you're - (contraction) = you are.
yours - (pron.) nangmah ta, nanmah ta; e.g. The red book is yours = Cauk sen kha nangmah ta si; yours ah hin apostrophe a um lo.
yourself - (pron.) 1. nangmah hrimhrim; e.g. You know yourself = Nangmah hrimhrim nih na hngalh ko. 2. nangmah le nangmah; e.g. Did you
hurt yourself? = Nangmah le nangmah naa khawng hlah maw?
yourselves - (pron.) 1. nangmah hrimhrim; 2. nanmah le nanmah.
youth - (n.) mino , tlangval ngaknu
youthful - (adj.) mino a simi.
you've - (contraction) = you have.
yucca - (n.) par ngan pipi a ngeimi pangpar kung.
Yule - (n.) Christmas
yule log - (n.) Christmas i an tihmi thingtum.
yuletide - (n.) Christmas caan.
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