Tangle. iwiyáštkša tamastkáwas ‘he is tangling up his rope’; kunam pawiyáštkta ‘and they will tangle you up’; ku kʷná pakúuk áw iwiyáštkayix̣a šína wánpaš ku papayúwix̣a ‘and there sometimes now it [taking children to the medicine dance] tangles up someone’s song and they keep getting sick’.
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation