Part of Speech: noun

Chest, sternum, breast. See aník̓ʷa. [NE ɨní; NP /hni/.]

Quaking-aspen, Populus tremuloides. Some say niiní. áwna wínaša áwaqitša ninína ‘we’re going to look for aspen now’; ninípa ‘on the aspen’. [NP nisáaqapqap /nsáqpqp/.] [NP nisáaqapqap /nsáqpqp/.]

Neenee Springs near the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.

Elders, ancestors. ku míimi patɨmnanáx̣ɨnx̣ana nč̓ínč̓ima ‘and long ago the elders used to tell stories’; ana kúuš nč̓ínč̓ima panaknúwišana čná tkʷátatna ‘like the elders were taking care of the food here’; ku kʷná patáwyašana inmíma nč̓ínč̓ima ‘and my ancestors where living there’; k̓ʷáyš kʷɨ́ł áykɨnx̣ana inmímaaman nč̓ínč̓imaaman sɨ́nwityaw ‘that much I used to hear my elders speak’; k̓ʷáy áwača míimi qqaanáyt nč̓inč̓imaamí ‘that was the business of the elders long ago’. See nč̓í ‘big; elder’. [NE lilč̓íma; NP /ttlume/.]

Abandoned camp.

Columbia River. nč̓iWanapáynš táwyaša ‘I live along the Columbia’; ku čí yáamaš iwayčát̓ašana áw nč̓i-Wánana ‘and this deer wanted to cross the Columbia River’. Also nč̓í Wána.

Pendleton, Oregon, Pendleton area, the greater Mission area including the suburbs of Pendleton. Also pronounced nixyáwi. wínašaaš nixyáawiyaw ‘I am going to Pendleton’; nixyáawi wána ‘Umatilla River’.

Going away gift.

Binding rope, pigging string, lariate, tepee tying rope, tepee spine, moccasin or shoe lace. Also pronounced nɨkaštkáwas. twá iwá nɨkaštkáwas ‘the tepee spine is a pole’. [NP /nkástkaˀs/ ‘moccasin or shoe lace’.]

Tying, knot, warp (in basket weaving). ɨ́mčayaƛ̓piša nɨkáštktna čáx̣ʷłktaš ‘he wet the knot with his mouth in order to untie [it]’; áčax̣ʷłkɨnk nɨkáštktna ‘untie the knot!’. [NP /nkástkt/.]

Turning, hour, o’clock. mɨ́łpan iwá nɨkní ‘what time is it?’; mɨ́łpan iwá nɨknípa ‘what time is it?’; k̓úycpa iwá nɨknípa ‘it’s nine o’clock’; wínax̣anaaš náptipa nɨknípa ‘I used to go at two o’clock’; áwna iwiláakʷša nɨknínɨm ‘the hour is leaving us now’ (said when you want to hurry people up); náx̣š nɨkní ‘one hour’; pútɨmt nɨkní ‘ten hours’; uynáaptipa nɨknípa ‘at seven o’clock’; k̓úycipa nɨknípa ‘at nine o’clock’. Ablaut: náakni ‘all the way around’. [Y wiyásklikt; NP liklíin /lkl´ynt/.]