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Y
Yak (& yaak or yek) Oak
Yam Home
Yan / Yah One
Yannannudder One another
Yance Once
Yat / yat stoop Gate / gatepost
Yawer Animal’s udder (see ‘yewer‘)
Yon (‘un) That (one)
Yonder There (e.g. “Yon, ower yonder” is “That, over there.”)
Yooer Animal’s udder (see ‘yawer‘)
Youngermer Younger person
Yowe Ewe – a female sheep
Yowe-chin’t A person with a receding, ewe-like chin
Yowe-neck’t A person who, when bending down, has a neck like a ewe
Z
Zookers or Zukkers An exclamation of surprise or wonderment
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