Origin:
t̓ɨ́x̣n(to Scrape, strip, split, debark, soften (dogbane))+ -áwas (Instrument nominalizer)
Definition:
Bone for scraping dogbane.
Example:
- it̓ɨ́x̣ša taxʷɨ́sna t̓ɨx̣náwaski ‘she is stripping the dogbane with the bone’.
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation