Yâ′nû-dinĕhûñ′yĭ—“Where the bears live,” from yânû, bear, dinĕhû′, “they dwell” (ĕ′hû, “I dwell, I live”), and yĭ, locative. A place on Oconaluftee river, a short distance above the junction with Tuckasegee, in Swain county, North Carolina. See [number 122].
Yânûgûñ′skĭ—“The bear drowns him” (habitually), from yânû, bear, and tsigûñ′iskă′, “I am drowning him.” A noted East Cherokee chief, known to the whites as Yonaguska or Drowning-bear. See page [162].
Yâ′nû-u′nătawasti′yĭ—“Where the bears wash” (from yânû, bear, and yĭ, locative); a former pond in the Great Smoky mountains, about the extreme head of Raven fork, in Swain county, North Carolina. See [number 122].
yân′-utse′stû—“the bear lies on it”; the shield fern (Aspidium). See [number 126].
Yawâ′ĭ—“Yawă place”; a place on Yellow creek of Cheowa river, in Graham county, North Carolina. See [number 122].
Yellow-hill—see Elăwâ′diyĭ.
Yohanaqua—see Yân-e′gwa.
yoho-o!—an unmeaning song refrain. See [number 75].
Yonaguska—see Yâ′nûgûñ′skĭ.
Yonah—1. (mountain) see Gadalu′lŭ. 2. An abbreviated treaty form for the name of the chief Yân-e′gwa.