támsɨnwi

Origin:

tám- + sɨnwi

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Definition:

Sing with words (as opposed to singing only with vocables).

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Examples:

1. itámsɨnwisa walptáykašpa ‘he is singing the words in the song’;
2. pinátamsɨnwiyayiša wáwnakʷšaš ‘the body is singing for itself’ (when the body is going into the ground at funerals).