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Coast

wanuukšiłá ‘person from the coast’; wanuukšiłáma ‘coast people’.

Walla Walla

pášx̣a ‘Walla Walla, Washington’ (also sometimes called nɨ́ptuwiš); Walawála ‘Wallula area and people, the Walla Walla’; Walawalałá ‘Walla Walla person’; Walawalałáma ‘Walla Walla people’; Walawalałaamí sɨ́nwit ‘Walla Walla language’.

Wishram

Wɨ́šx̣am; Wɨ́šx̣amma ‘Wishram people’; Wɨšx̣aamí sɨ́nwit ‘the Wishram language’.

Two

nápt; nápu ‘two people’; kƛákƛani ‘twinned, two of something’.

Šnɨmaašułá

Person from Simnasho, Oregon. Šnɨmaašułáma ‘Simnasho people’. [WS ašnɨmaašułá.]

More

  1. máyk;
  2. mayk- prefix
    1. maykx̣ɨ́lak ‘greater quantity’;
    2. maykx̣lákma ‘more people’.

Imatalamłá

Umatilla person. ku pášapawinana Imatalamłáaman Háwtmikan ‘and he sent the Umatillas toward McKay Creek’; Imatalamłá ‘Umatilla person’; Imatalamłáma ‘Umatilla people’; Imatalamłaamí ‘of the Umatilla’; Imatalamłaamí sɨ́nwit ‘Umatilla language’. [NP /hiyówatalampoo/ ‘Umatilla people’.]

Wánapam

River people, Priest Rapids people, Northeast Sahaptins. áx̣twaynaaš wínšna Wánapamkni kutaš ayáyat pápasamx̣nana ‘I met a man from Wanapam and we talked to each other wonderfully’; Wanapammaamíyawnaš wínaša ‘I’m going to Priest Rapids’.

-łá

Definition:

A thing, person, or people specifically does something for work or habits. Also a person or people from a region. equivalent to English -er, -or, -ian.

Function:

Agentive nominalizer. Forms nouns.

Examples:

  1. aniłá ‘maker’;
  2. paykłá ‘obedient’;
  3. waasklikłá ‘wheel’;
  4. lax̣ʷayx̣łá ‘one who gets overheated’;
  5. sapsik̓ʷałá ‘teacher’;
  6. šax̣aapłá ‘sawyer, millwright’;
  7. wapaatałá ‘helper’;
  8. naknuwiłá ‘keeper, care taker’;
  9. uyiłá ‘beginner’;
  10. wanpłá ‘medicine singer’;
  11. wapaanłá ‘grizzly bear’;
  12. wawyałá ‘whipman’;
  13. tamaˀuyiłá ‘lead off person (stick-game, baseball, etc.)’;
  14. pstxłá ‘blacksmith’;
  15. waasklikłá ‘wheel’;
  16. wawc̓aakłá k̓úsimaaman ‘horse shoer’;
  17. tkʷaynpłáma ‘hunters’;
  18. x̣niłáma ‘root diggers’.
  19. Also suffixes to nouns in Columbia River:
    1. Imatalamłá ‘Umatilla person’;
    2. Hawtmiłáma ‘McKay Creek people’.

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[NP /-ew̓et(u)/.]

Wanapum

Išatkniłá ‘Yakima or Wanapum person’; Išatkniłáma ‘Yakima or Wanapum people’.

satasłá

Person from Satus, Washington. satasłá pawačá ‘they were Satus people’.

Men

awínšma; ináwma ‘young men’; kkɨ́sma ttáawax̣tma ‘young people, young men’.

McKay Creek

Háwtmi ‘McKay Creek, on Umatilla reservation’; Hawtmiłáma ‘McKay Creek people’.

ax̣miłá

Person from Warm Springs, Warm Springer. ax̣miłáma ‘Warm Springs people’.

x̣lák

Many, much. x̣láknaš wá núsux ‘I have lots of salmon’; x̣láknaš wá tímatay ‘I have a lot of writing to do’; x̣láknaš wá tímaš ‘I have a lot of books’; x̣láknaš wá tímaš tímatay ‘I have a lot of paperwork to do’; x̣lák iwá qalámqalam ittáwax̣ša ana kʷná paˀaníya watám ‘there is a lot of lodgepole pine growing where they made the lake’; x̣lák pawá miyánašma ‘there are many children’; ana kʷná x̣lák patkʷátaša x̣lákma tanánma ‘there where many people are eating much’; ílukas x̣lák ‘a lot of wood’; x̣lák k̓úsi ‘lots of horses’; x̣lák łk̓ʷí ‘many days’; x̣lákma ‘lots of people’; maykx̣ɨ́lak ‘more’; maykx̣lákma ‘more people’; wɨt̓úx̣lak ‘too much, too many’; x̣lakníin ‘too much, too many’. [N ɨlɨ́x̣; NP /ˀlqni/.]

Wawiyuk̓kmá

Village on Snake River near Fishhook Bend, Washington; Snake River people.

Klikitat

Łátax̣at ‘Klikitat or Klikitat area’; X̣ʷáłx̣ʷaypam ‘Klikitat people’; c̓apxmí ‘Klikitat basket’.

Kalapuya

K̓alapúya (the native people of the Willamette Valley in western Oregon).

Celilo

Wayám ‘Celilo, Oregon’ (also, siláylu); Wayamłá ‘Celilo person’; Wayamłáma ‘Celilo people’.

Big

  1. nč̓í ‘large, great, elder’;
  2. nč̓ínč̓i ‘big’ (plural);
  3. nč̓ínč̓ima ‘big people, elders’.