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Y.M.C.A. - (abbrev.) = Young Men's Christian Association.<br />

Y.W.C.A. - (abbrev.) = Young Women's Christian Association.<br />

yacht - (n.) nuamhnak ca i an sermi tilawng<br />

yacht - (v.) cu bantuk tilawng i cit.<br />

yachting - (n.) nuamhnak ca i hmanmi tilawng i citnak.<br />

yak - (n.) Tibet ram i a ummi fung a hmul a saumi.<br />

y'all - (contraction) = you all (plural). (edited in)<br />

yam - (n.) lai kawhra phun khat.<br />

yank - (v.) hninh, hninh i thin.<br />

Yankee - (n.) American mi.<br />

yap - (v.) uico bao<br />

yard - (n.) 1. tual. 2. thil chiahnak hmun. 3. lehhmah 36 asiloah pe 3 a saumi.<br />

yardstick - (n.) tahnak fung.<br />

yarn - (n.) la , hnipuan tahnak la<br />

yarrow - (n.) thing phun khat.<br />

yawn - (v.) 1. hahamh. 2. hahamh tik i ka fakpi an banukin ka an.<br />

yawn - (v.) 1. thing phun khat.<br />

ye - (pron.) pural of you, nanmah.<br />

yea - (adv.) a si ko<br />

year - (n.) kum<br />

year book - (n.) kum khat chung thil ummi ttialnak cauk<br />

yearling - (n.) kum khat a timi satil.<br />

yearly - (adj.) kum khat voi khat tuahmi , kum tin tuahmi<br />

yearn - (v.) 1. duh , ngaih; e.g. He yearns for home = Inn a ngai. 2. zaangfah, zawnuah; eg. Her heart<br />

yearned for he starving children = Ngakchia rawl tammi kha zaangfah ngaingai hna.<br />

yearning - (n.) duhnak tthawng<br />

yeast - (n.) thilnu , pawngmuk sernak si<br />

yell - (v.) thangpi in au, thangi in ai.<br />

yellow - (adj.) theithu zawng , aihre zawng<br />

yellow fever - (n.) nawtnak ttihnung ngai phun khat<br />

yellowish - (adj.) a eng nawn a simi.<br />

yelp - (v.) uico bao.<br />

yen - (n.) Japan tangka<br />

yeoman - (n.) bawi pakhatkhat sinum.<br />

yes - (adv.) a si; e.g. Did you go to school? Yes, I went = Sianginn na kai maw? A si, ka kai.<br />

yesterday - (adv.) nizan<br />

yestereve - (adv.) nizan zanlei<br />

yesternight - (n.) nizan zan.<br />

yet - (adv.) rih; e.g. Don't go yet = Kal rih hlah<br />

yet - (conj.) a sinain; e.g. The work is good, yet it could be better = An tuhmi rian cu a tha ko. asinain a<br />

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