Curse, wish dead, cast a spell, kill with one’s spirit power. Also watáyn. iwatáyiša ‘he is putting on a spell’; twátiin páwatayiya ‘the shaman put a spell on him’; iwatáyna paanáy ‘he cursed him’; páwatayna ‘he cursed him’; iwatáyna kʷyáam twáti ‘the Indian doctor truly killed’. [NW watáayi (Jacobs 1931:177); /wéyweˀnik/.]
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