The sounds represented by the symbol /y̓/:

(DD: Delphine Derrickson; RA: Richard Armstrong)

The first column represents the underlying morphophonemic transcription; the second column the surface phonetic transcription:

/y̓/ in word initial position:
	y̓ay̓ákʷaʔ	[y̓ay̓ákʷaʔ]	stingy	DD
	y̓ay̓ákʷaʔ	[y̓ay̓ákʷaʔ]	stingy	RA
/y̓/ in word medial position:
	c̓áy̓x̌aʔ	[c̓áy̓x̌aʔ]	crayfish	DD
	c̓áy̓x̌aʔ	[c̓áy̓x̌aʔ]	crayfish	RA
	ty̓ty̓aqʷt	[tiʔtiʔáqʷt]	several fight	DD
	ty̓ty̓aqʷt	[tiʔtiʔáqʷt]	several fight	RA
	xy̓ust	[xiʔyúst]	pass through	DD
	xy̓ust	[xiʔyúst]	pass through	RA
/y̓/ in word initial position:
	tq̓ʷay̓	[tq̓ʷay̓]	chewing gum	DD
	tq̓ʷay̓	[tq̓ʷay̓]	chewing gum	RA
	way̓	[way̓]	yes	DD
	way̓	[way̓]	yes	RA
	sm̓y̓m̓ay̓	[sm̓iʔm̓áy̓]	message	DD
	sm̓y̓m̓ay̓	[sm̓iʔm̓áy̓]	message	RA
	q̓y̓ay̓	[q̓əy̓áy̓]	written	DD
	q̓y̓ay̓	[q̓əy̓áy̓]	written	RA
	q̓ʷq̓ʷaʕy	[q̓ʷəq̓ʷáʕy]	a little black	DD
	q̓ʷq̓ʷaʕy	[q̓ʷəq̓ʷáʕy]	a little black	RA