| yaag |
jag |
gossip, chatter, prate |
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| yabb |
jab |
prattle on |
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| yabber |
|
talk excitedly |
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| yaff | yauff |
jʌuf |
bark, yelp, chatter |
in context |
| yagiment |
ˈjagɪmənt |
agitated, excited |
in context |
| yair |
jer |
fish-trap across a river |
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| yaird |
|
yard |
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| kail yaird |
ˈkelˈyerd |
garden for food production, cabbage patch |
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| schule yaird |
|
playground |
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| yairn |
|
story, yarn |
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| yall |
jɑl |
yell, howl |
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| yallae | yalla | yella |
ˈjɛlə |
yellow |
in context |
| yallae lintie |
|
goldhammer |
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| yallochie |
|
yellowish |
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| yammer |
|
lament, harp on, harp insistently on |
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| yamph |
jamf |
dog yap, yelp |
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| yare |
|
ready and eager |
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| yarp |
|
grumble, harp on |
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| yarr |
|
corn spurrey, dog like snarl |
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| yat |
|
pour, flow, a yacht |
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| yatter |
jatər |
nag incessently |
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| yaud |
jɑd |
an old mare, worn out |
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| yauld | yaul |
|
active, alert, vigorous, eager |
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| yaup | yap |
|
cunning, shrewd, to have a hunger |
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| yaw |
|
caterwaul, wail |
in context |
| yawk |
jɑk |
ache |
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| yawn |
|
a long sea inlet |
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| ye |
ˈji |
you my better |
in context |
| yed |
ˈjɛd |
strife |
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| yeld | yell |
jɛl |
barren, without milk |
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| yelloch |
ˈjɛləx |
yell, shriek |
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| yellyhooin |
ˈjɛlɪˈhuən |
shouting and screaming |
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| yer | yur |
ˈjər |
your |
in context |
| yerk | yark |
|
jerk, bind tightly |
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| hae a yerk at |
|
make a vigorous attempt at |
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| yerp | yirp |
|
nestling's chirp, fret |
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| yersel | yoursel | yirsel |
ˈjɛrsɛl |
yourself |
in context |
| yese | yez | yaez | yiz |
ˈjuz |
the plural of you, the more you stress the z the more plural and emphatic it gets |
in context |
| yeeze | yaez | youz |
ˈjuz |
the plural of you, the more you stress the z the more plural and emphatic it gets |
in context |
| see youz, youz are fur the high jump |
|
see you lot, you are all in trouble and will be dealt with soon officially, count on it |
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| Hoi, youz are claimed |
|
Hey, you lot over there, you are all now booked in for a fight with us |
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| yesk | yex |
jɛsk |
hiccup |
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| yestreen | yistrene |
jɛˈstrin |
last evening, yesterday |
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| yether |
|
long rod, severe cut with a cane |
|
| yett |
jɛt |
gate, a natural pass between hills |
in context |
| yeuk | youk | heuk |
juk |
feel itchy, scratch |
in context |
| gar yin scart whaur it's no yeukie |
|
make one regret what they have done |
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| yiff-yaff |
|
insignificant chatty person |
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| yill |
|
ale |
in context |
| yill-caup |
|
ale-stoup |
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| yim |
|
a tiny particle, a film of dust or scum |
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| yin |
jɪn |
one, numeral one |
in context |
| yins |
|
one's, tak them yins - take those one's |
in context |
| yince |
|
once |
in context |
| yir |
|
your, you are |
in context |
| yird | yerd |
jird |
earth, inter something |
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| yirdie bee |
|
miner bee |
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| yirdit |
|
buried |
in context |
| yird drift |
|
drifting snow |
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| yirn |
jirn |
cause to curdle, whine |
|
| yirr |
|
dog growl, outcry, complaining |
in context |
| yirsel |
|
yourself |
in context |
| nae yis |
|
of no use |
in context |
| yite | yoit | yorlin |
jʌut |
yellow hammer, play truant |
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| yiv |
|
you have |
in context |
| yivvery | aiverie |
|
over desirous, anxious, greedy |
in context |
| yo |
|
but yes - an instant rejoinder to someone who said no |
|
| yoke |
jok |
take a grip, deal with, get stuck in |
|
| yoke tae |
|
set about an activity |
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| yokin | yoking |
|
beginning a period of work |
|
| yokit |
jokət |
attach, join, to yoke |
in context |
| yoller |
|
speak loudly |
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| yon | yin |
jon |
that thing or place a bit further over |
in context |
| yonder |
|
at some distance over there |
in context |
| yonker | younker |
blɪn |
a youngster, a youth |
in context |
| yon time |
|
that time - often indicating times up, meaning I intend to go |
|
| yont |
|
further along, through beyond, on or to the other side |
|
| yonmost |
|
the most distant |
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| yonwey |
|
that way which is over that way a bit more |
|
| yoon |
|
unionist, one who believes in the union of the UK - the type of unionist that thinks that all foreigners are devious and dirty yet believes that the ex nations of the british empire will eagerly qeue up to rejoin |
|
| youthheid |
juθˈhid |
youth, adolescence |
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| yowdendrift |
ˈjʌudənˈdrɪft |
snow driven by the wind |
|
| yowder | yowther |
ˈjʌuðər |
very unpleasant fumes or smoke from burning |
|
| yowe |
jʌu |
sheep, ewe, |
in context |
| yowie |
|
a pet ewe, a fir cone |
|
| yowff |
jʌuf |
a barking sound, a swipe, a thump |
|
| yowl |
jʌul |
howl, wail |
|
| yowt | youp |
jʌut |
howl or howling, yell, cry |
in context |
| yuchle |
jʌxl |
a gob of phlem |
|
| yaise, yuise, uise, eese |
jus |
use |
in context |
| yule | yuil | yeul |
|
Christmas and all its bits and pieces |
|
| yule bannock |
|
specially baked on christmas eve |
in context |
| yunk |
|
a stake marble |
|
| yurlin |
|
a puny creature |
in context |
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