Part of Speech: noun

Clothing. ana kʷná panaknúwix̣ana paamíin památaatpasit ana tún ‘where they used to keep their clothing whatever’. [NP /ˀipnásm̓qit/.]

Closet, dresser.

Pocket. x̣ax̣aykʷpamá taat̓áwas ‘billfold, wallet’. [NE ɨtaat̓úus; Y **tiit̓áwaas; NP /ˀtétp̓es/.]

Ice. ix̣ʷíiłša taawáypa ‘he is slipping on the ice’; iwináwayša taawáy ‘the ice is melting’; patášaptyaluušana taawápa ‘they were driving him into the icy water’; taawáytaaway iwálkalilx̣a ‘icicles hang down’; taawáy čúuš ‘ice water’; taawáy wíwalkalil ‘icicles’; taawáyi ‘freeze’ (vi.); šapataawaytpamá ‘ice chest, cooler’. [NE takáwk; NW túux̣; NP /tehes/.]

Spirit power, tutelary or guardian spirit. Also called šúkʷat. [NE taˀáx̣; NP /wéyekn/; cf. NP /taˀáx̣toy/ ‘source of sorcerer’s power’ (Aoki 1994:700); /teˀéx̣et(u)/ ‘young unmarried man’; also perhaps /tax̣ám/ ‘elusive, quick, crafty, equipped with supernatural capabilities’ (Aoki 1994:695).]

Fir. ík̓ʷak iwá táx̣ša ‘that is a fir’ (Jacobs 1937:2.23.2, pg. 122); táax̣ša ílkʷas ‘fir tree’ (Jacobs 1929:207:3). Compare ttɨ́x̣š ‘willow’.

Crier, camp crier, announcer. taax̣ʷałáaš wačá tíla ‘my grandfather was a camp crier’; itáax̣ʷašanaaš taax̣ʷałánɨm ‘the crier announced it to me’. [NW tiix̣ʷałá; NP /tew̓yelenew̓et(u)/.]

Drum call. pašapátax̣šiša táax̣ʷatki ‘they’re having them wake up with the drum call’.

Microphone.

Black Mountain. A mountain in Morrow County, Oregon, summit at 5,896 feet. [NP /tehémtehem/.]

Cow elk, Cervus canadensis. See also wawúkya. [NE tašípka; NW & WS qnúwat; NP /tasípk(a)/.]

An object to be opened or spread out. šaptákay ‘Indian trunk, parfleche’; tamátačay ‘eating mat, table cloth, drying mat’. [NP /-tekey/.]

A winter village on the John Day River about two miles above its mouth. kʷná ánč̓a panišáyšana tákšpašpa tanánma ‘there again Indians were living at Tákshpash‘.

Distribution. núsux ták̓at ‘salmon distribution’; k̓súyas ták̓at ‘eel distribution’. [NW táwsaypt; NP téek̓e /ték̓ent/.]

Definition:

Saddle cinch.

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Examples:

1. támayči tak̓páwasay ‘latigo’;
2. tutanikmí tak̓páwas ‘horsehair cinch’.

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[NP /ˀlóot̓ayn/.]

Testicle. [NP /talo/.]

Netleaf hackberry, Celtis reticulata. [NP /katmno/.]

Gelding. talalút paˀaníša ‘they are castrating’. [NP /talonót/.]

Church, Protestant church. pawínaša šuyapunmíyaw talapušatpamáyaw ‘they are going to the whiteman’s church’. [N talapušaktpamá; NP /talapósanwaas/.]

Discipline, correction, training.