Part of Speech: noun

Wheat.

Buffalo robe. míimi iwačá palaláy wásɨmtacay čná ‘long ago there were a lot of buffalo robes here’; wasɨmtacaynmí útpas ‘buffalo robe’. [NP qoq̓áalx̣nim wix̣suˀútekey.]

Saddle sore (on a horse). Also wásɨmtq̓ʷx̣t. They used pitch as a medicine for it. áwača wásɨmtq̓x̣ʷs k̓úsi ‘his horse had a saddle sore’.

Definition:

Wasco, Oregon.

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[NP /wecq̓úu/.]

Wasco people. [N Wasq̓úpam; NP /wecq̓úupuu/.]

Halter, horse halter. Also pronounced waštkáwas. [WS č̓alakšit̓áwas; NP /wes´tkeˀs/.]

Rope, string. ku kʷɨ́nki taxʷɨ́ski paˀaníx̣ana wáswas ‘and with that dogbane they would make string’; áwalak̓ʷikɨnk wáswaski ‘tie it together with string’; wáswas anítay ‘for making rope’; wáswaski pałq̓íwiša ‘they’re playing cat’s cradle’; wáswaski wíˀanit ‘cat’s cradle’.

Lake. iwá watám waníči Yúmtipin ‘it is the lake named Hiyúumtipin̓‘; x̣lák iwá qalámqalam ittáwax̣ša ana kʷná paˀaníya watám ‘there are a lot of lodgepole pine growing where they made the lake’; aníyi watám ‘man-made lake’; t̓ux̣t̓ux̣mí watám ‘rain puddle’. [NP /ˀwetem/.]

Dry Creek, Forks Tanque on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, a pond up near the picnic grounds. panáyk̓ukɨnx̣ana k̓ʷɨ́nč Watámtulikacatpa ‘they used to gather pine lichen at Forks Tanque’. [NP /ˀwetemtulikécet/.]

Groin. anam mún wášaša k̓úsiki wasat̓awasnút kumaš payúwita páyš watanám ‘whenever you ride bareback your groin may hurt’. Also x̣iyím. [NP /ˀspex̣s/.]

Weasel, ermine, Mustela erminea. In summer pelage. watáy iwá šiwíwšiwiw ku áwa mɨx̣ɨ́š náwat ‘a weasel is brown and has a yellow belly’. See also c̓íłała. [WS watáya.]

Black magic, magic.

Footprint, track. anam kú tkʷáynpta kúuknam áwaqitta watíkšna ‘when you go hunting then you look for tracks’. [NP /temuk/.]

Short stool, footstool. Also watíkas. [NP /wx̣siˀlikécet̓es/.]

Sole of foot. [NE watiktpamá; NP /watikaˀs/.]

Dragonfly. pawá ttúušma ana pmáy paˀaníx̣a watikaylakłaamí čalútimat ‘there are some who make dragonfly designs’. Also papacáki. [K pawswilukłá; NP /smqesmqeyéye/ ~ /smqasmqayáya/.]

Footpath.

Ladder. x̣ʷáami ipanáytita watík̓aałki ‘he will go high up on the ladder’. [NP /hícanwaas/.]

Lizard, common sideblotched lizard (Uta stansburiana), southern alligator lizard (Elgaria multicarinata). They are found when digging roots. lámt wáłxʷas watik̓ásasa ‘western skink (Eumeces skiltonianus)’; nč̓í watik̓ásasa ‘alligator’. Also t̓uulnawałá; pat̓uulnawałá. [WS watik̓ásas; NP /ˀap̓ap̓ap̓ap/.]

Definition:

Yesterday.

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Examples:

1. k̓ʷáyš kúuš áykšana watím ‘I heard them thusly yesterday’;
2. ku čáwk̓a iwá watím kunam čáw px̣ʷipx̣ʷíta watímki ‘and yesterday is gone and you shouldn’t worry about yesterday’;
3. watím iłk̓ʷína ‘he stayed all day yesterday’;
4. watím ičúšana ‘it was sunny yesterday’;
5. watím pináwšana ‘he was lying down yesterday’;
6. pawačá piiní watím ‘he was with her yesterday’;

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watimpamá ‘day before yesterday’.

[NP /watísk/ ‘yesterday, tomorrow’.]