| yacht (n) | ọkọ̀ ojú omi fún fàájì |
| yard (n) (area) | àgbàlá |
| yawn (n) | yíyán |
| yawn (v) | yán |
| year (n) | ọdún, oṣù méjìlá |
| yeast (n) | ìwúkàrà, ọ̀ṣẹ̀ |
| yell (v) | ké ramúramù, bú, kọ |
| yellow (adj) | pupa rúsúrúsú, bí àwọ̀ ìyeyè |
| yes (n) (response) | ẹn, bẹ́ẹ̀ni, òótọ́ |
| yesterday (adv) | àná, lánàá |
| yet (adv) | síbẹ̀, síbẹ̀síbẹ̀, bí ó tilẹ̀ rí bẹ́ẹ̀ |
| yield (n) | èrè, ẹ̀san iṣẹ́, ìkórè |
| yield (v) (crop) | so, múwá, san, yọ̀ọ̀dà |
| yogurt (n) | wàrà |
| yolk (n) (egg) | pupa ẹyin |
| young (adj) | ṣọmọdé, ṣọ̀tun, ṣọmọdan |
| your (adj) (one person) | tìrẹ |
| your (adj) (several) | tiyín |
| youth (n) (people) | ọ̀dọ́, ọ̀dọ́mọdé, èwe, ọ̀pẹ̀ẹ̀rẹ̀ |
| youth (n) (time) | èwe |