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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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(Ȝal,) Yal, n. (The first syllable of Ȝal(l)ow, used to exemplify the sound represented in writing by the letter y.) — c1616 Hume Orthog. 12.
To put our men af their errour quho had wont to symboliz yallou with an z … z is a dental consonant … yal a guttural sound made be a mynt of the midle tongue to the roofe of the mouth