tanánma; tanánma miimáma ‘the old people’.
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-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
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/.]