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ʉyou (sg. obj.); your (sg.)
ʉ bʉarʉ ma / ma bʉaleave it alone
Ʉ kamakʉtʉ nʉI love you
ʉ nape̠naisʉ!response to greeting ("Tell us all about it!"); used by men
ʉ pitufor you
ʉa / ʉʔasore (noun)
ʉbia / ʉhpiarokoiexclamation used be women, equivalent to "Oh, my goodness"
ʉhtsumiclose your eye
ʉhʉ / wanahʉ̠ / wana ʉhʉblanket
ʉhʉkatʉhave a blanket
ʉhʉkʉcover someone
ʉireference to time element
ʉkiitsi / ʉkihtsinow, immediately
ʉkʉ / ʉkʉnanakatʉ̠young, new, youthful
ʉkʉ naiʔbiteenage girl
ʉkʉ nʉmʉnʉʉyounger generation
Ʉkʉ Tomopʉ̠New Year's Day
Ʉkʉ Tooma Mʉa / Tomʉa MʉaJanuary (beginning a new year)
ʉkʉ tuinʉpʉyoung man, boy
ʉkʉbitsi̠new
ʉkʉna kʉtu / ʉkʉnaa kʉtuday before yesterday
ʉkʉnaa / ʉkʉnafirst, first one
ʉkʉpʉ / ʉkʉnanewly; first
ʉkʉ̠sʉstill, yet
ʉkwihkatʉ / ʉkwi̠sinʉ̠smell something, sniff an odor

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