YOO
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Etymology
From Proto-Athabascan *yu·ʔ.
Cognates: Navajo yoo’, Chiricahua yoo, Lipan yoo, Plains Apache zhoo.
Noun
yoo, -yo’ possessed form (e.g., shiyo’ "my beads", biyo’ "her/his/their beads")
- bead, beads
The form yoo is occurs in the San Carlos varieties; yoo’ occurs in White Mountain and Dilze’eh (Tonto).