| -y {suffix} (forming diminutive nouns) | :: -et- |
| yacht {n} /jɑt/ (slick and light ship) | :: jaĥto, jakto |
| yaffingale {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
| yaffle {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
| yaffler {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
| yah {adv} (yes) SEE: yes | :: |
| Yahweh {prop} /ˈjɑːˌweɪ/ (personal name of God) | :: Javeo |
| Yahweh {prop} (Jehovah) SEE: Jehovah | :: |
| yak {n} /jæk/ (ox-like mammal) | :: gruntbovo |
| Yakut {prop} (language) | :: jakuto |
| y'all {pron} /jɑl/ (plural of you) | :: vi |
| Yalta {prop} /ˈjɑːltə/ (city in Crimea) | :: Jalto |
| yam {n} (potato) SEE: potato | :: |
| yam {n} /jæm/ (any Dioscorea vine) | :: ignamo |
| yam {n} (sweet potato) SEE: sweet potato | :: |
| Yamoussoukro {prop} /ˌjɑːmuˈsuːkɹoʊ/ (official/administrative capital of Ivory Coast) | :: Jamusukro |
| Yangon {prop} /jæŋˈɡɑn/ (largest city in Myanmar) | :: Jangono, Ranguno |
| Yang-tzŭ {prop} (Yangtze) SEE: Yangtze | :: |
| Yangtze {prop} /ˈjæŋ(t)si/ (river) | :: Jangzio |
| Yangtze dolphin {n} (baiji) SEE: baiji | :: |
| Yangtze River dolphin {n} (baiji) SEE: baiji | :: |
| Yaoundé {prop} (capital of Cameroon) | :: Jaundeo |
| yap {n} /jæp/ (high-pitched bark) | :: jelpo |
| yap {v} (of a small dog, to bark) | :: jelpi |
| Yap {prop} (an island in the Caroline Islands of western Micronesia) | :: Yap |
| yard {n} /jɑːd/ (land around a house) | :: korto |
| yard {n} (nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang) | :: jardo |
| yard {n} (nautical: any spar carried aloft) | :: jardo |
| yard {n} (staff, rod, stick) | :: vergo, stango |
| yard {n} (three feet) | :: jardo |
| Yard {prop} (Jamaica) SEE: Jamaica | :: |
| Yaren {prop} (largest town of Nauru) | :: Jareno |
| yarn {n} /jɑɹn/ (fiber strand for knitting or weaving) | :: fadeno |
| Yaroslavl {prop} (city) | :: Jaroslavl |
| yawn {v} /jɔn/ (open the mouth and take a deep breath) | :: oscedi |
| yawn {n} (the action of yawning) | :: oscedo |
| yay {interj} /jeɪ/ | :: hura |
| Yazidism {prop} (religion) | :: jezidismo |
| year {n} /jɪɹ/ (time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun) | :: jaro |
| yearbook {n} (reference book, published annually) | :: jarlibro |
| yearly {adj} /ˈjɪɹli/ (happening once every year) | :: ĉiujara |
| yearly {adv} (once a year) | :: jare |
| yearn {v} /jɜːn/ (to have a strong desire; to long) | :: sopiri |
| yearn {v} (to long for something in the past with melancholy) | :: sopiri |
| yearning {n} /ˈjɝnɪŋ/ (wistful or melancholy longing) | :: dezirego |
| yeast {n} /jiːst/ (fungus) | :: gisto |
| yeast {n} (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) | :: fermentilo, feĉo |
| yeast {n} (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) | :: feĉo |
| yech {interj} (yuck) SEE: yuck | :: |
| Yekaterinburg {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Jekaterinburg |
| yell {v} /jɛl/ (shout (verb)) | :: kriegi |
| yellow {adj} /ˈjɛl.əʊ/ (having yellow as its colour) | :: flava |
| yellow {n} (colour) | :: flavo |
| yellow bile {n} (one of the four humours) | :: galo |
| yellow-billed loon {n} (Gavia adamsii) | :: blankbeka kolimbo |
| yellow fever {n} (illness) | :: flava febro |
| yellowish {adj} /ˈjelɔʊɪʃ/ (somewhat yellow) | :: flaveta, dubeflava |
| Yellowknife {prop} (capital of the Northwest Territories, Canada) | :: Yellowknife, [Esperantized] Jelonajfo |
| Yellow Sea {prop} (Asian sea) | :: Flava Maro |
| yelp {n} /jɛlp/ (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) | :: jelpo |
| yelp {v} (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) | :: jelpi |
| Yemen {prop} /ˈjɛmən/ (Republic of Yemen) | :: Jemeno |
| Yemen Arab Republic {prop} (former country) | :: Jemena Araba Republiko |
| Yemeni {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Yemen, or the Yemeni people) | :: jemena |
| Yemeni {n} (a person from Yemen or of Yemeni descent) | :: jemenano [man or woman], jemenanino [woman] |
| yen {n} /jɛn/ (unit of Japanese currency) | :: eno, jeno |
| Yerevan {prop} /ˌjeɹəˈvɑːn/ (the capital and largest city of Armenia) | :: Erevano |
| yes {particle} /jɛs/ (word used to indicate agreement or acceptance) | :: jes |
| yes {interj} | :: jes |
| yes and no {phrase} (indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer) | :: jes kaj ne |
| yes-no {particle} (particle used to form yes-no questions) | :: ĉu [initial] |
| yesterday {n} /ˈjɛstɚdeɪ/ (day before today) | :: hieraŭ |
| yesterday {adv} (on the day before today) | :: hieraŭ |
| yesterday night {n} (last night) SEE: last night | :: |
| yet {adv} /jɛt/ (continuously up to this point in time) | :: ankoraŭ |
| yet {adv} (even) SEE: even | :: |
| yeti {n} /ˈjɛ.ti/ (unidentified animal) | :: jetio |
| yew {n} /juː/ (Taxus baccata) | :: taksuso |
| yew {n} (tree or shrub of the genus Taxus) | :: taksuso |
| Yi {n} (ethnic group) | :: (la) jioj |
| Yiddish {adj} /ˈjɪd.ɪʃ/ (of or pertaining to the Yiddish language) | :: jida |
| Yiddish {prop} (language) | :: Jido, jida lingvo, jida, Jidiŝo |
| Yiddish {adj} (Jewish) SEE: Jewish | :: |
| yielding {adj} /ˈjiːldɪŋ/ (docile) | :: cedema |
| yiff {interj} /jɪf/ (sound a fox makes) | :: jelp |
| yiff {interj} (furry pornography) | :: ĵifo |
| yiff {v} ((of a person) to bark like a fox) | :: jelpi |
| yiff {v} (to have sex) | :: ĵifi |
| yiff {v} (to cybersex, to have cybersex, to sext) | :: ĵifi |
| yin-yang {n} (vagina) SEE: vagina | :: |
| Yoda {prop} /ˈjəʊdə/ (A wise old Jedi Master in the Star Wars films) | :: Joda |
| yodel {v} /ˈjoʊ.dəl/ (to sing in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto) | :: jodli |
| yodel {n} (song) | :: jodlado |
| yoga {n} /ˈjoʊɡə/ (Hindu discipline) | :: jogo |
| yogurt {n} /ˈjoʊɡɚt/ (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process) | :: jogurto, jahurto |
| yoke {n} /jəʊk/ (wooden bar) | :: jugo |
| yoke {n} (pair of animals) | :: jungparo |
| yoke {n} (a burden; something which represses or restrains a person) | :: jugo |
| yoke {n} (wooden frame or bar for a person to carry a pair of buckets) SEE: carrying pole | :: |
| yokel {n} /ˈjoʊ.kəl/ (person of rural background) | :: kamparano, kamparanaĉo [pejorative] |
| Yokohama {prop} (a city of Japan) | :: Jokohamo |
| yolk {n} /joʊk/ (yellow of egg) | :: ovoflavo |
| Yonne {prop} (départment of Bourgogne) | :: Jono |
| York {prop} /jɔɹk/ (city in North Yorkshire) | :: Jorko |
| York {prop} (House of York) | :: Jorko |
| Yorkshire {prop} /ˈjɔːkʃə/ (former large county) | :: Jorkŝiro |
| yottabyte {n} (280 or 1024 bytes) | :: jotabajto, jotabitoko |
| you {pron} (object pronoun: the group being addressed) | :: vin |
| you {pron} (object pronoun: the person being addressed) | :: [familiar] cin, [polite] vin |
| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the group being addressed) | :: vi |
| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the person being addressed) | :: [familiar] ci, [polite] vi |
| you {pron} (one) | :: oni, onin |
| you {determiner} (the individual or group spoken/written to) | :: ci [familiar], vi [polite] |
| you {determiner} (used before epithets for emphasis) | :: vi, ci [familiar, rarely used] |
| you are welcome {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome | :: |
| you bet {interj} (certainly (reply to a request)) | :: pli volonte |
| you have beautiful eyes {phrase} (you have beautiful eyes) | :: vi havas belojn okulojn |
| you know {interj} (expression signifying a pause or hesitation) | :: kaj, nu |
| young {adj} /jʌŋ/ (in the early part of life or growth) | :: juna |
| young {n} (people who are young) | :: junulo |
| young camel {n} | :: kamelido |
| young man {n} (youth) SEE: youth | :: |
| your {determiner} /jɔːɹ/ (belonging to you (singular; one owner)) | :: via |
| your {determiner} (belonging to you (plural; more owners)) | :: viaj |
| you're welcome {phrase} (reply to thanks) | :: ne dankinde (no thanks needed) |
| Your Majesty {pron} (Title of respect) | :: Via Reĝa Moŝto, Via Reĝa Moŝtino, Via Imperiala Moŝto, Via Imperiala Moŝtino |
| yours {pron} /jɔːɹz/ | :: la via |
| yourself {pron} /jɔːˈsɛlf/ ((reflexive) your own self) | :: vi, vin |
| yourself {pron} (you, used emphatically) | :: vi mem |
| yourselves {pron} /jʊɹˈsɛlvz/ (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) | :: vi, vin |
| your wish is my command {phrase} (what you wish for I will effect as if it were a command) | :: via deziro, mia ordeno, via deziro estas mia komando |
| youth {n} /juːθ/ (quality or state of being young) | :: juneco |
| youth {n} (part of life following childhood) | :: junaĝo |
| youth {n} (young person) | :: junulo |
| youth {n} (young man) | :: junulo, knabo, junuliĉo |
| youth {n} (young persons, collectively) | :: junaro |
| YouTube {prop} /ˈjuːtjuːb/ (a video-sharing website) | :: Jutubo |
| ytterbium {n} /ɪˈtɜː.bi.əm/ (chemical element) | :: iterbio |
| yttrium {n} /ˈɪ.tɹi.əm/ (chemical element) | :: itrio |
| yuan {n} /jʊˈɑːn/ (basic unit of money in China) | :: juano |
| Yucatec Maya {prop} (Yucatec Maya language) | :: jukatana majaa lingvo |
| Yucatán {prop} (a peninsula in North America) | :: Jukatano |
| Yucatán {prop} (a state in Mexico) | :: Jukatanio |
| yuck {interj} /jʌk/ (uttered to indicate disgust) | :: aĉ |
| Yugoslav {adj} (Yugoslavian) SEE: Yugoslavian | :: |
| Yugoslav {n} (Yugoslavian) SEE: Yugoslavian | :: |
| Yugoslavia {prop} /juːɡəˈslɑːvi.ə/ (former country in the Balkans) | :: Jugoslavio |
| Yugoslavian {adj} (of or relating to Yugoslavia) | :: jugoslava |
| Yugoslavian {n} (a native of Yugoslavia) | :: jugoslavo [man or woman], jugoslavino [woman] |
| Yukon {prop} /ˈjuː.kɒn/ (territory in northern Canada which has Whitehorse as its capital) | :: Jukonio, Jukon-teritorio |
| Yukon Territory {prop} (Yukon) SEE: Yukon | :: |
| yule {n} (Yule) SEE: Yule | :: |
| Yule {prop} /juːl/ (the Christmas season) | :: Julo |
| yummy {adj} /ˈjʌm.i/ (delicious) | :: bongusta |
| yurt {n} /jɜːt/ (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) | :: jurto, gero |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Juĵno-Saĥalinsk |
