Y may be any array. R is an array of shape ⌽⍴Y, similar to Y with the order of the axes reversed.
M 1 2 3 4 5 6 ⍉M 1 4 2 5 3 6
      cube    ⍝ 3D array
 1  2  3  4
 5  6  7  8
 9 10 11 12
           
13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24
      ⍉ cube
 1 13
 5 17
 9 21
     
 2 14
 6 18
10 22
     
 3 15
 7 19
11 23
     
 4 16
 8 20
12 24
      ⍴ cube
2 3 4
      ⍴ ⍉ cube    ⍝ transpose reverses shape
4 3 2