Part of Speech: distransitive verb

Announce in the morning, announce early. [NP /méytew̓yelen/.]

Tell to do, ask to do, order, command. imɨ́tana ‘he commanded’; imɨ́tanaaš ‘he asked me’; ámtašaaš ‘I am asking him’; imɨ́tašanaaš ‘he was commanding me’; pamɨ́tanaaš ‘they asked me to do it’; ámtašaaš súlčasna ‘I am commanding the army’; ámtašanaaš ílukatatk ‘I was asking them to go make fire’; imɨ́tašanaaš ‘he was asking me to do it’; ámtašaaš ‘I am asking him to do it’; ámtašanaaš ílukatatk ‘I was asking them to go make fire’; ámtašanaaš čúušyaw ‘I was sending them after water’; watx̣ɨ́nam ámtašana ‘were you telling them to do it?’; áwš čí imɨ́taša súlčasnɨm ‘now the army is ordering me this’; áwnam ámɨtašana ‘you were telling him to do it now’; ámtak áw tkʷátat aník ‘tell her to prepare the food’; čítyaš áw imɨ́taša qúyx̣nɨm ‘rather now the white man is commanding me to do this’; mɨ́taš ‘servant, slave’. [NP /wéy̓mte/.]

Bring to. kumaš náčičawata nɨkʷɨ́t ‘and I will bring you meat’; ana k̓ʷapɨ́n ináčičawaša ‘that which he is bringing to us’; ana k̓ʷapɨ́n ináčičawaša ƛ̓áax̣ʷ ‘all the aforementioned that he brought to us’; ku patánačičawax̣ana tílaaki ‘and they would bring a lady to him’; X̣ališx̣álišnɨmnam ináčičawaša čí útpas ‘Little Wolf is bringing you this blanket’. [N náčikuun; NP /ˀnekíknuu/.]

Separate, separate out, subtract, distribute. inákpaaša patún ‘he is separating things’; inákpaaša luc̓áan k̓pɨ́tna ‘she is separating out the red beads’; inákpaaša luc̓áan mɨqɨ́škni ‘she is separating the red from the orange’; pápanakpaaša núsux ‘they are dividing the fish to one another’; páx̣atnam ku ánakpaata nápt ku iwáta mɨ́taat ‘five minus two equals three’; nákpaani ‘divided’.

Invite to eat, take out to dinner. ináktkʷatašaaš ‘he is treating me for lunch’.

Ask to go; challenge. Implies not a threat but persistence. náx̣ašwišamaš ‘I beg you’; pánax̣ašwiya áwna wínaša ‘he begged him to go along’; náx̣ašwišamaš umíštyanam míta ‘I’m asking you to go along, or do you have something else to do?’; Spilyáy ináx̣ašwiya pawilawíix̣tki ‘Coyote challenged [him] to a race’; ku ináx̣ašwiya pawilawíix̣tki wɨłq̓ámitki ‘and he asked [him] to go [compete] in a moccasin putting on race’. [NE náx̣išwi.]

Invite to go along, talk into going. ináx̣awšaaš ‘he is asking me to go along’; pánax̣awna ‘he asked him to go’; ánax̣awtaaš twáwayna ‘I am going to invite Inez to go along’; watx̣ɨ́nam mak̓í paanáy ánax̣awta ‘will you have her go?’. Also náx̣ašwi. [NP /wáywi/.]

Give. paníyaaš ‘they gave it to me’; čáwnam mún mɨlá sɨ́nwit šína ánita ‘never give mean words to anybody’; áwna ánita miyánašmaaman tiičám ‘now we will give the children land’; ním ‘give me!’; mɨ́ł paníša ‘how much are they giving?’; ináyč̓a ním ‘give me some too!’; ináyč̓a pánim ‘give me some too!’; pániya wɨłq̓ám ‘he gave him the moccasins’; pánitanam ‘you should give it to me’; iníyaaš x̣apiłmí ‘he gave me the knife’; iníšnaš x̣apiłmí ‘he has given me the knife’; tkʷátatnam iníta ‘she will give you food’; k̓áywaš iníya ‘he short changed me’; kaˀáamnaš paníya ‘they didn’t give me enough’; ku aw kú wínšin paníx̣ana tílaakina nápt wáptas ‘and then the man would give the woman two feathers’; ku ana šína paníša ku kʷiiní pánita paanáy čɨ́mti kápin ‘and to whomever they are giving it then that one will give her a new digging stick’; ku náx̣š k̓úsi aw kú iníx̣ana ‘and then he would give away one horse’; ku k̓ʷapɨ́n paníya Imatalamłáaman ‘and the aforementioned they gave to the Umatillas’; ku kʷná paníya tiičám Háwtmipa ‘and there they gave out land on McKay Creek’; iníšaaš tílaaki ína ‘he’s giving me his woman’; kuna iníya płɨ́x̣ tútanikay ‘and he gave us medicine for our hair’; ku k̓ʷapɨ́n tiskayáyaan pániya ‘and he gave the aforementioned to Skunk’; ana pmáy pamániyayišana waq̓íšwit čɨ́nki tiičámki ‘they who were giving their lives for this land’; čwáwni ‘give out extra food after a meal’; pšaní ‘give a bunch’; wapáni ‘hand out’; wáwaatkʷapani ‘move the right hand keeping time’; níyawštayma ‘reciprocate in ceremonial gift giving’; níyawtkʷi ‘give for going away’; níyi ‘given’. [NP /ˀni/.]

Reciprocate in ceremonial gift giving (as at a naming ceremony – the one receiving the name is reciprocated for a gift he has given at the naming); bestow a name. ániyawštaymašaaš náaptit x̣ax̣áykʷ čɨ́mtiyaw waníčtyaw ‘I am presenting him with $20.00 for the new name’; pániyawštaymaša pútɨmt x̣ax̣áykʷ twáwayin ‘he is being given $10.00 by Inez’; ániyawštaymašaaš waníčtna ‘I am bestowing the name’. See also k̓ʷałanáwštayma.

Give for going away, give to take along. łɨ́łx̣ patániyawtkʷiša ‘they are giving dirt to him (a ceremony at a funeral)’.

Take back, retrieve. ánpašanaaš k̓úsi paanáy ‘I got my horse back from him’; ínaš ánpašana ‘I got it back from them’; nɨpášani iwačá ‘it was retrieved’. [NE łx̣ʷɨnáša; NP /ˀnpápyk/.]