Spread out (e.g., hay, coals), scatter, stir the dust. itwápx̣ʷa ‘he stirred up the dust’; itwápx̣ʷša láqawkšna ‘she is spreading out the coals (so as not to burn the salmon while baking it)’; itwápx̣ʷnayišaaš láqawkš ‘she is spreading out the coals for me’; patátwapx̣ʷayix̣ana tamšúymaaman níit ‘they used to stir up the ant hill’ (this was done to make it quit raining).
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation