Part of Speech: noun

Definition:

Only. Attach to nouns. One person pronounces =sɨm.

Examples:

1. =sim
   1. kunam pinánaknuwita níix̣kisim px̣ʷíki ‘you should take care of yourself with only good thoughts’;
   2. iwačá tanánsim ‘there was only the Indian’;
   3. kuna wá lamaksásimk̓a ‘and next we are only alone’;
   4. níix̣sim útpas ‘only good blankets’;
   5. múnsimna payíkɨnx̣a naamíki sɨ́nwityaw ‘they only hear us once in a while speak in our language’;
2. =sɨm
   1. pawalptáykšana tálmasɨm ‘only the bugs were singing’;
   2. tanánsɨmna wínax̣ana kʷná Háwtmipa ‘only we Indians used to go there at McKay Creek’;
   3. mɨ́łmansɨmk̓ataš wá Háwtmipa ‘how many are we only on McKay Creek?’;
   4. kʷašta kú máalsɨmk̓a ásapsik̓ʷasa miyánašmaaman ‘and then only however much longer I am teaching the children’;
   5. lɨ́xssɨmk̓a miimá níit iwá ‘there is only one old house left’;
   6. ana pɨ́n iwá wináanakʷi pɨ́nsɨm áwtta ‘she who is left (widowed), only she should taboo’;
   7. ku aw kú itqáwača áswan pɨlksásɨmk̓a ‘and then suddenly the boy was all alone’;
   8. máalsɨmk̓as wá ‘how far am I now?’;
   9. kʷáysɨm pawínana ‘they went only that way’;

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=sim

ínsim ‘I only’;

ináysɨm ‘me only’;

ímsim ‘only you’;

pɨ́nsim ‘he only’;

íkuuksɨmi ‘straighten out’.

[NP /=cim/.]

Bed. áyčɨnk smáaskni ‘get out of bed!’; áwšnitšaaš smáas ‘I am making my bed’. Also nɨč̓utpamá. [NP /smées/.]

Bed sheet, bed spread, blanket. čímaš wá smaaspamá ‘these are your sheets’; áwšnitš smaaspamá ‘sheet, light bed spread’.

Mountain whitefish, Prosopium williamsoni. sɨ́may lát̓ɨlki ‘smoked whitefish’. [Y ɨsɨ́maay; NP /cmey/.]

Peeping tom.

Scrounger, rummager. [NE sɨmscawiłá; NP /capkil̓akaw̓at(o)/.]

Glutton. [NP /ˀx̣sim̓íliˀns/.]

Spouse. ínsɨmtway ‘my spouse’. [NP /cm´twee/.]

Clitoris.

Red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii). Umatilla generally uses cɨ́nmi. [NP /c´lmi/.]

Silver or coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch. [NP /k̓llay/; sɨ́nux is a metathetized núsux ‘salmon’.]

Speaker, one who bestows the name at a naming ceremony. níix̣ sɨnwiłá ‘good speaker’. [NP c̓ix̣new̓éet /c̓iqnew̓et(u)/.]

Definition:

Speaking, talking, word, words, language.

Examples:

1. ana k̓ʷapɨ́n áwa áwtni sɨ́nwit tkʷatatmí ‘that which is the sacred language of the food’;
2. iwɨ́npayišanam sɨ́nwit ‘it takes your words’ (said of tape recorder);
3. čáwpam sɨ́nwitna áwɨnpta ‘you shouldn’t tape record’;
4. naamí sɨ́nwit ‘our words, our language’;
5. šuyápu sɨ́nwit ‘English’;
6. sɨ́nwitna wɨnpłá ‘tape recorder’.

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[NP c̓íiqin /c̓íqn-t/.]

Telephone. [NP cewcewín̓es /cewcewn̓es/.]

Mexican, Spanish. miimá útpas spanyú ‘old Spanish blanket’; spanyúma ‘Mexicans’. [NP ˀispanyóo, ˀispenyúu.]

Sprout, shoot, offspring; Chinook dance. ana kú isápsik̓ʷasa pɨnmíin spáytit ‘when he is teaching his offspring’; pɨnmíin spáytit ‘his child’.