Y may be any array. R is an array of shape ⌽⍴Y, similar to Y with the order of the axes reversed.
Examples
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