| Scots Words | Alt. Scots Words | English Meanings |
| yaff | bark+ yelp+ chatter | |
| yair | fish-trap | |
| yaird | yard | |
| yairn | story+ yarn | |
| yall | yell+ howl | |
| yallae | yalla+ yella | yellow |
| yallae lintie | goldhammer | |
| yallochie | yellowish | |
| yammer | lament+ harp on | |
| yard | a garden; a stackyard | |
| yatter | chatter | |
| yaud | an old mare | |
| yauld | yaul | active+ alert+ vigorous |
| yaup | bawl | |
| ye | you | |
| ye'se | ye shall. | |
| Yealings | coevals | |
| yeld | barren | |
| Yell | dry (milkless). | |
| yelloch | yell | |
| yer | yur | your |
| yerd | earth | |
| yerds | yards (shipyards) | |
| yerk | jerk | |
| yerkit | jerked | |
| yerl | earl | |
| Yermooth | Yarmouth | |
| yerp | grumble+ fret | |
| yers | yours | |
| yersel | yourself | |
| yersels | yourselves | |
| yese | yeeze | you pl. |
| yestreen | last evening+ yesterday | |
| yett | gate | |
| Yettum | Yetholm | |
| yeuk | itch | |
| yill | ale | |
| yill-caup | ale-stoup. | |
| YIN | one | |
| yird | earth+ bury | |
| yirdit | buried | |
| yit | yet | |
| yoke | grip+ deal with | |
| yokin | yoking; a spell; a day's work. | |
| yon | yonder | |
| yon time | that time | |
| yonder | yonder | |
| yont | along+ through | |
| yonwey | yonder way | |
| yorlin | yellow hammer | |
| you | you | |
| your | your | |
| your lane | alone | |
| yours | yours | |
| yoursel | yourself (emphatic) | |
| yoursels | yourselves (emphatic) | |
| youse | youz | you pl. |
| youthheid | youth+ adolescence | |
| yowdendrift | snow driven by the wind | |
| yowe | sheep+ ewe | |
| yowie | dim. of ewe; a pet ewe | |
| yowl | howl | |
| yowt | howl+ yell+ cry | |
| yule | Christmas | |
| yung | young | |
| yungker | younker | youngster |
| yunk | a stake marble |