Cayuse. tímani tiičám áwa Waˀaylatpumaamí ana kúuš áwača isík̓ʷani pák̓upa ‘the Cayuse have a reservation as theirs was shown at the Council’; Waˀáylatpuma ‘Cayuse people’. [NE Wáylatpam; NP /weyíletpuu/; cf. NP /weyíletn/ ‘wave’; e.g., hiweyíiletce suséˀey ‘the rye grass is waving’ (said of the rye grass undulating in the wind).]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation