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Ojebway Language:
A Manual for missionaries English-Ojebway Dictionary Y Yankee. See American.
Yard (enclosure); n. i. ahchekenegun.
Yard (measure); tebahkonegun.
Yarn; n. i. uhshegunekayaub, uhsuhbaub.
Yawn. He y.; nebahyahwa, v. n. 2. (p. c. nab-).
Ye; kenuhwah. Conjoined with verbs ke-, kid-. See Grammar.
Year; n. i. beboon (i.e., winter), kekenóonoowin, (pl. -un). One, two, three years; ningopeboon, nezhopeboon, nesopeboon. Every y.; andusso-pepóonuhguk. See winter.
Years old. See old.
Yearn. See long after.
Yeast; n. i. oombeséchegun.
Yell. He y.; ahyahshequa, v. n. 2, (p. c. ayah-).
Yellow; osáhwe-. He, it is y.; osuhwese, osúhwah, v. n. 3, v. i. 1, (p. c. was-). It is y. (metal. &c.); osuhwáhbekud. (-keze), v. i. 7 - (stuff, &c.); osuhwágud, (-geze). - (wood); osuh-wesuggenegahda, v. i. 9. He makes it y. by smoke; od-osuhwágesaun, v. t. VII. See paint, dye. Yellow cloth; n. i. osuhwagin.
Yelp. See bark.
Yes; a. Yes certainly; a nungákah, ahneengwuhnuh. Yes indeed; kagat. Yes (assenting to proposition); Howh!
Yesterday; n. i. pecheenáhgo. The day before y.; ubwussoonáhgo. Two days before y.; keche-uhwussoonahgo.
Yet. (as yet); muhshe. Yet (still); kayáhbe. Nevertheless; menóch. Unwilling though I am ketwán.
Yields. It y. fruit; méenewe, méenewun, v. n. 3, v. i. 6, (p. c. mahn-). He makes it y. fruit; o-méequegetoon, v. t. VIII., (p. c. mah-). See profit.
Yoke; n. i. nahbekuhwáhgun, (pl. -un). So many y. of; dusswáwaun. Two, three y. of oxen; neezhwawaun, neswawaun pezhékewug.
Yolk; n. i. misquáhwun.
Yonder; éwede, uhwúss wáde.
You; see ye. In obj. case expressed by a change in the verb, thus: (He sees you; kewahbumigoowah. See Grammar.
Young; ooshke. He is y.; ooshkebemahdeze, v. n. 3, (p. c. wash-). Y. animal or bird ; ooshkeühyauns, (pl. -ug). Y. animal (as colt) under two years old; máunezhans, (pl. -ug). See beaver, bear, calf, &c.
Young man; n. a. ooshkénuhwa, (pl. -g).
Young people; n. a. wáshkenégejig.
Young woman; n. a. ooshkenégequa, (pl. -g).
Younger. He is y.; nuhwuj uhgáhshe v. n. 3. His (or her) younger brother or sister; o-sheemáyun.
Youngest. He is y.; máhmuhwe-uhgáhshe, v. n. 3. The y. child; ishquáchahgun, (pl. -ug).
Your; (an.) ke-, kid- -wah, (pl. -g). - (in.) ke-, kid- -wah, (pl. -n), thus: Your parents; keketezémewaug. Your own; ke-, kid- -mewah, (pl. -g, -n).
Yours; kenuhwah, keduhyeemewah.
Yourselves; kenuhwah egoo. Expressed also by the use of mod. A, thus: Ye love yourselves; kesahgeëdezoom.
Your turn; kenetumewah.
Youth; n. i. ooshkenégewin.
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and others employed among the Ojebway Indians
by Edward F. Wilson, 1874
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