Turn around, look back. áwalačawik ‘look back at them!’; túkinš alačáwiša ‘why am I looking back?’; áwalačawišaaš yáamašna ‘I am looking back at the deer’; wiyáalačawi ‘look back’. [NP /q̓ílwn/; alačáwi is *hélek ‘back’ plus verbalizer *-éwi.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Turn around, look back. áwalačawik ‘look back at them!’; túkinš alačáwiša ‘why am I looking back?’; áwalačawišaaš yáamašna ‘I am looking back at the deer’; wiyáalačawi ‘look back’. [NP /q̓ílwn/; alačáwi is *hélek ‘back’ plus verbalizer *-éwi.]