Sparking, glittering. Distributive equivalent of lá-. Also lɨ́š-. lɨ́st̓ux̣ ‘crackle, sparkle’; lɨ́šqayx̣i ‘be northern lights’; lɨ́šwaalayt ‘sparkle out’; lɨ́šwaaluukt ‘northern lights’; lɨ́šwaylat ‘northern lights’. [Cf. NP /ˀlc-/ ~ /ˀls-/ in /ˀlck̓´wk/ ‘cut by burning’, /ˀlck̓ím̓/ ‘halved by fire’, /ˀlcyáq̓aq/ ‘crumble to charcoal’, /ˀlsqúpqupn/ ‘burn’, /ˀlstém̓qet/ ‘burned tree’.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation