Loosen, untie; extract. áčax̣ʷłkɨnk nɨkáštktna ‘untie the knot!’; čáx̣ʷɨlkɨnk waláč̓witš ‘put your belt through the belt loops!’; ičáx̣ʷłka kapú ‘he took off his jacket’; ičáx̣ʷłkayišaaš k̓štɨ́n ‘he pulled my tooth’; ɨ́mčayaƛ̓piša nɨkáštktna čáx̣ʷłktaš ‘he wet the knot with his mouth in order to untie it’. See also čákʷƛ̓k ~ čáqʷƛk. [NE čáx̣ʷłk ‘take off (clothing)’; K čáx̣ʷłk ‘pull out of the ground’ (Jacobs 1931:158, 175).]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation