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y 



The letter "y" has been used to indicate what seems to be normally 

 an "impure" open y or i sound similar to that in EngHsh "s3'mbol" 

 or "pin." It varies toward *'ee" of English "keep" or toward a 

 sound similar to that represented in German by o. After p, v, f, 

 m> and m it sounds like English "wi" in "with," or like "y " in Rus- 

 sian "mylo," soap. 



wayjyLirby, two 



wytj3', knife 



paavywf, worms 



wytsitjy, little knife 



jraquiwytj3', coyote 



tytjy, head 



amy tytJyvHa, your hair 



pyjrap^', heart 



trapytjH, rock, stone 



watjuiwyrby, four 



suiwysH, one 



na'na'sytj}', butterfly 



pH'yfy, somebody's eye 



mana'ajuiqwy};, you 3+ people are sitting 



takhiytjy, crow 



pratjyf^', star 



turwa'/aytw, right 



wytjytj}', bird 



pyqwa'y, go thou to sleep! 



kwypM, smoke 



nnnay pyy, my breast 



yvykan>>', a house built of lumber 



mmsmtw^kwytj)', bobcat 



kupukyy, get thou up! 



y 



This symbol designates voiceless y. This sound gives a pre- 

 ceding tj a very ts-like quality. 



