wawínɨm

Developed stem of the Indian celery (latítlatit), Lomatium grayi. Refers to the edible stems of the blooming plant. When they first come out they are called latítlatit, then called wawínɨm. latítlatit ittáwax̣ɨnx̣a ku kʷɨnmíin áwšayčɨnx̣a wawínɨm ‘a celerey grows and of that the wawínɨm comes to be’; ku aw kú ittáwax̣ta ku kúuk iwɨ́šayčɨnx̣a waníči wawínɨm ‘and then it will grow and then it becomes named wawínɨm‘; pawá waníči wawínɨm ana kú pattáwax̣ɨnx̣a ‘they are named wawínɨm when they grow’; átakʷtčtanam kunam kʷaaná átkʷatata wawínɨmna ‘you’ll pick and eat the celery’; wawínɨmna patkʷátax̣a ‘they eat the celery’; wawínɨmšway ‘celery plant’. [CR wáˀwinu (Hunn 1990:107); NP /wew̓imn/.]