Shetland Words:Y
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- ya = (adv) yes
- yackle = (n) back tooth
- yae = yes
- yaeya = yes
- yag = (n) the fine dust of flour or meal
- yagger = (n) a peddler who bought fish out from under the lairds at a higher price
- Yakki = (n) a Greenland Eskimo
- yalder = the barking of a dog when pursuing prey
- yalk = (v) yelp bark (da dug yalked whin I keeked his erse)
- yalkie = (n) a sheepdog (dim. of yalk)
- yallicrack = noisy commotion
- yamse = enthusiastic, eager
- yanner = (n) sea word for precentor
- yap = (b) bark, speak, chatter
- yarm = (n) sound made by sheep
- yark = the amount that can be quickly and roughly bitten, broken or torn out of a larger whole by teeth, between thumb and forefinger or by a grab of a hand
- yarkin = the space between the forefinger and thumb
- yarkin elishon = cobblers awl.
- yarta = (n) dear, darling
- yatt = pour liquid quickly
- yasp =(adj) energetic, fit
- yatlin = (n) candles made by dipping wicks in tallow
- yarg = (v) complain venomously
- yark = (v) grasp quickly (yark hadd o yun yowe), (v) drink quickly (a yark o water)
- yera = (n) the ear
- yerfast = (n) ropes made of straw used for securing corn or hay in high winds
- yerilt = (n) a female sheep between one and two years old (from year old??)
- yetlin = (n) a griddle on which cakes are baked
- yield = (adj) childless/infertile female
- yield = (adj) a cow with no milk
- yink = (n) lover, sweetheart
- yird = bury, hide
- yirp = (v)
- yis = (interj) yes (yis, yis my boy)
- yoag = (n) a large mussel
- yock = (v) grab (yock ihaad o yun yowe) Also, hitch, as in attach a cart etc to a working horse, or a trailed implement to a powered one.
- yocks = hinge(s) (From "yoke"??).
- Yoda = a Voe boy who's gone on to make a nuisance of himself in Edinburgh
- yoal = (n) boat, six oared. Smaller than Sixern
- yogar = (n) rheumatism of the joints
- yoofer = (n) a large, clumsy oar
- yowe = (n) ewe
- yuck = (v) itch
- yuckie = (adj) itchy
- yudder = (n) udder
- yuggle = (n) an owl
- yuglet = (adj) sheep markings, color around eyes different from rest of body
- yule-blinker = (n) the North Star or Christmas Star
- yule-steek = (n) a very wide stitch in sewing
- yun = that (yun pint wis guid)
- yunsie = (n) a hen
