Y

a leader over things or people; at the core is the word for nose (yacatl), in the sense that the nose leads the way, goes first

encircling, a locative suffix

the place where something occurs or is habitually done (see Karttunen); a locative

one's place, or seat (see Molina); Molina gives the example in the first person, possessed: my place, my seat, my throne

derivational suffix for adding an abstract quality, forming abstract nouns; much like –ness, -hood, and -ship in English

derivational suffix for a concrete thing (see Karttunen)

homeland, birthplace (a necessarily possessed form; see Karttunen)

slowly, gently; a possessive prefix most often but by no means always in 3rd person singular

James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 242.

compound post-position meaning in one’s heart (see Karttunen)