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yandy

yandy verb: to separate (grain or pieces of mineral) by shaking in a special shallow dish.

Verb

yandy (third-person singular simple present yandies, present participle yandying, simple past and past participle yandied)

  1. (Australia) To separate (grain or pieces of mineral) by shaking in a special shallow dish

Noun

yandy (plural yandies)

  1. (Australia) The dish used in this process

Forms of yandy

Verb
third-person singular presentyandies
present participleyandying
past participleyandied
pastyandied
Noun
pluralyandies

Origin of yandy

From Yindjibarndi yandy.

Questions about yandy

What does yandy mean?
Yandy means to separate (grain or pieces of mineral) by shaking in a special shallow dish.
What part of speech is yandy?
Yandy can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of yandy?
The past tense of yandy is yandied.

Words near yandy in the dictionary

  1. Yandle
  2. Yandles
  3. Yando
  4. Yandoit
  5. Yandoit Hills
  6. yandy
  7. yandying
  8. Yanesha'
  9. Yanez
  10. Yanezes
  11. yang

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