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People

tanánma; tanánma miimáma ‘the old people’.

-u

Human numeral classifier. nápu ‘two people’; mɨ́taw ‘three people’; pínapu ‘four people’; páx̣naw ‘five people’; pútmu ‘ten people’. For numbers between 6 and 9 see -ma. [Cf. NP /-uˀ/ (lepúˀ ‘two people’; mitáaw̓ ‘three people’); /-wé/ (lepwé** ‘only two people’; mitawá ‘only three people’).]

Wawnakʷšašiłáma

Yakima people.

-man

Human plural. šíman ‘who? whoever, some people’; túman ‘what people? whatever people’; mɨ́łman ‘how many people’.

-ma

Gentilic: people from. aláyma ‘Frenchman’; aláymama ‘French people’.

Yakima

Mámačat; Mámačatpam ~ Wawnakʷšašiłáma ‘Yakima people’; Yakumułá ‘Yakima person’; Yakumułáma ‘Yakima people’; Išatkniłá ‘Yakima or Wanapum person’; Išatkniłáma ‘Yakima or Wanapum people’.

Three

mɨ́taat; mɨ́taw ‘three people’.

Ten

pútɨmt; pútmu ‘ten people’.

Sioux

Šaqʷɨnkłá; Šaqʷɨnkłáma ‘Sioux people’.

Five

páx̣at; páx̣naw ‘five people’.

Cayuse

Wáylatpu; Wáylatpuuma ‘Cayuse people’.

-pam

Gentillic. N Sahaptin, sometimes borrowed into Columbia River. pášx̣apam ‘people from Walla Walla, Washington’; Walawalapamłaamí ‘of the Walla Walla people’; X̣ʷáyłx̣ʷaypam ‘Klickitat people’. Umatilla uses -łáma. [NP /-puu/.]

Wayamłá

Person from Celilo. Wayamłáma ‘people from Celilo’. [N Wayámpam ‘people from Celilo’.]

Wallula

Walawála ‘Wallula area and people’.

Serve

šapátkʷata ‘feed (people), have eat’.

Four

  1. pínapt ‘four’;
  2. pínapu ‘four people’.

Both

naptík; napuwák ~ napák ‘both people’.

ttúuš

Some. ttúuš iwá pyax̣í pƛɨ́k ‘some bitterroot is bitter’; ttúušma pawinanína ‘some ran away’; ttúušma patáwaničɨnx̣a xɨ́sya ‘some call it xɨ́sya‘; ttúuš tímaš ‘some paper’; ttúušma tanánma ‘some people’; ttúušma ‘some people’. [NP tatóˀs /ttoˀs/; tatoˀósma ~ tatóˀsma /ttoˀsma/ ‘some people’.]

Walawalałá

Walla Walla person. Walawalałáma ‘Walla Walla people’; Walawalałaamí sɨ́nwit ‘Walla Walla language’. [NE Walúulapam ‘Walla Walla people’.]

Wasq̓ułáma

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