Or. umíštya kúuš pakúta ‘or are they going to do it that way?’. Reduced from áw míš ‘now how’; ‘or’ is usually áw k̓ʷáyk̓a áw in Umatilla.
26 terms are conjunctions
Though
ančí ‘even though, although’.
wáała
Or. Also awáała. kuš wá náx̣š wáała nápt wɨ́nwit ‘and I have one or two words’; patux̣ʷɨ́našana náx̣š wáała mɨ́ł nápt ‘they were shooting one or two’; anatya mɨná tiičámpa iwá tx̣ánat walptáykt ƛ̓iyáwitpa wáała čwáwˀayayatpa ‘anywhere in the land it is the custom to sing at funerals or feasts’. Umatilla usually uses áw k̓ʷáyk̓a áw. [NW uwáła (Jacobs 1931:267); Y ɨwáała; NP /ˀítxq̓o/.]
Unless
háaˀay ‘if not, until’.
Until
háaˀay ‘unless, awaiting’.