Umatilla Language Online Dictionary

Definition:

Only. Attach to nouns. One person pronounces =sɨm.

Examples:

1. =sim
   1. kunam pinánaknuwita níix̣kisim px̣ʷíki ‘you should take care of yourself with only good thoughts’;
   2. iwačá tanánsim ‘there was only the Indian’;
   3. kuna wá lamaksásimk̓a ‘and next we are only alone’;
   4. níix̣sim útpas ‘only good blankets’;
   5. múnsimna payíkɨnx̣a naamíki sɨ́nwityaw ‘they only hear us once in a while speak in our language’;
2. =sɨm
   1. pawalptáykšana tálmasɨm ‘only the bugs were singing’;
   2. tanánsɨmna wínax̣ana kʷná Háwtmipa ‘only we Indians used to go there at McKay Creek’;
   3. mɨ́łmansɨmk̓ataš wá Háwtmipa ‘how many are we only on McKay Creek?’;
   4. kʷašta kú máalsɨmk̓a ásapsik̓ʷasa miyánašmaaman ‘and then only however much longer I am teaching the children’;
   5. lɨ́xssɨmk̓a miimá níit iwá ‘there is only one old house left’;
   6. ana pɨ́n iwá wináanakʷi pɨ́nsɨm áwtta ‘she who is left (widowed), only she should taboo’;
   7. ku aw kú itqáwača áswan pɨlksásɨmk̓a ‘and then suddenly the boy was all alone’;
   8. máalsɨmk̓as wá ‘how far am I now?’;
   9. kʷáysɨm pawínana ‘they went only that way’;

See more:

ínsim ‘I only’;

ináysɨm ‘me only’;

ímsim ‘only you’;

pɨ́nsim ‘he only’;

íkuuksɨmi ‘straighten out’.

[NP /=cim/.]