kákya ‘bird, animal’; waynałá kákya ‘flying creature’ (x̣ʷaamá ‘eagle’, č̓átaqš ‘bat’, atníwa ‘bee’); ánakʷi kákya ‘the thrown back creature (from the legendary time)’; k̓ʷalalí ‘a being from the legendary time capable of supernatural power and thus dangerous’.
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation