Part of Speech: distransitive verb

Feed, share food with. Jacobs 1931:198 Root not used in Umatilla. táwsayp ‘give a snack at night’. [Cf. NP /hp/ ‘eat’.]

Whisper, quietly instruct, counsel; telephone. ásusunk ‘call him (on phone)! whisper to him!’; pasúsunx̣ana miyánašmaaman ‘they used to instruct the children’; isúsusamsnaš ‘he is talking to me on the phone’; wásusun ‘call on telephone’; súsuni ‘whispered, advised’. [NP /cewcewn/; cf. also NP /s´wn/ ‘be missing’.]

Put over the shoulders. útpas pášapaˀutpa paanáy ‘he put a blanket on her’; ášapaˀutpɨnk ‘put a blanket over them’; ášapaˀutpɨnk lišáalki ‘wrap the shawl around her shoulders’; pašapáˀutpša lišáal ‘they’re putting the shawl on (her)’; pinášapaˀutpa lišáal ‘she put the shawl on’; pinášapaˀutpšaaš ‘I’m having a blanket put over my shoulders’; patášapaˀutpɨn ‘they have put (a dark shawl) on her (for the first year of her widowhood)’. [NE šapúuƛ̓aanak; NP /sapáˀqt̓oon/.]

Will, give in inheritance. išapánpuutk̓ʷinaaš tiičám natílasanɨm ‘my grandfather is willing me the land’.

Make known, warn. išapášukʷašanam iwá wáx̣puš ‘he is warning you, he is a rattlesnake’. [NP /sepécukwen/.]

Feed (people), have eat. pašapátkʷatatanam ‘they will let you eat’; ášapatkʷatataataš twáyx̣t ‘we will feed them the soup’; ášapatkʷatax̣aataš wiyanawiłáman ‘we feed visitors’; iwíšapatkʷataša tanánmaaman ‘she is having a feast’; kuš núsux ášapatkʷatata miyánašna ‘and I shall feed the child salmon’. [NW sáyp; NP /sepéep/

Ask. ku aw kú išápniya ‘and then he asked’; šápniyamaš ‘I asked you’; aw kú pášapniya ‘then he asked him’; ášapnišaaš Šklúumna ‘I am asking Shkluum’; kuš kʷɨ́nki pašápnišana ‘and they were asking me about that’; ku aw kú iwiyášapniša ‘and then he is asking on the way’; wiyánawiyawašamaš šápniyanat ‘I am coming to ask you’. [NP /sépn̓i/; Aoki 1994:543 analyzes as /sép-/ ’cause’ plus /pn̓i/ ’emerge’.]

Feed, share food with. áwmaš šáypta ‘now I shall share food with you’ (Jacobs 1937:13.9.4, pg. 25). Mostly NW. [CR čwáwni; NW šáyp is perhaps the distributive causative šáp- (or possibly šá- ‘with cutting instrument’) plus a root cognate with NP /hp/ ‘eat’ (cf. ‘break bread’).]

Announce, signal. itáax̣ʷaša tanánmaaman ‘he is letting the people know’; itáax̣ʷaša táymu ‘he is announcing the news’; k̓úsiki itáax̣ʷaša ikníša ‘he’s going around announcing on horseback’; pinátaax̣ʷašaaš inmíyaw aniłanmíyaw tamánwityaw ‘I am expressing myself to my Creator’s laws’. [NW tíix̣ʷa; NP /téw̓yelen/.]

Distribute, divide, apportion. núsux pátak̓aša ‘he is distributing salmon to them’; paták̓aša núsux tanánmaaman ‘they are giving away salmon to the people’; ták̓at ‘distribution’. [NW táwsayp (Jacobs 1937:4.10.2, pg. 7); NP /ték̓en/.]

Tell on, tattle. itamápayškaaš ‘he told on me’; kunam íkʷɨn patamápayškta ‘and for that they will report you’; patamápayškaaš wɨnpłanmíyaw ‘they told on me to the police’; pinátamapayška ‘he told on himself’; pápatamapayškaataš wɨnpłanmíyaw ‘we told on each other to the police’. [NE tamák̓ayk; NP /tamápayk/.]

Hold, lay away for, promise; wish, transform, hex, smite with a spell. itánawičaaš ‘he held it for me’; itánawičaaš tílaakinɨm ‘the woman enthralled me’; pátanawiča wínšna k̓úsi ‘he promised the man a horse’; ku aw kú itánawiča ‘and then he transformed [them]’; pinátanawičɨnx̣a Spilyáy ‘Coyote transforms himself’; tánawiči iwačá wínš ‘the man was smitten’. [N tánawik; NP /hóxsn/.]

Tell, hire, preach. átanaymunaaš ‘I told him, I hired him’; tanaymúni wínš ‘preacher’; tanaymútɨm ‘pray’. [NW tanamún; Y tx̣náwti ‘preach’.]

Give a snack at night. patáwsaypsa ‘they’re giving him something to eat’.