čiškíin ~ ičiškíin ‘in this language, in Sahaptin’.
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čiškíin ~ ičiškíin ‘in this language, in Sahaptin’.
Max̣máx̣s
A placename on the Snake River. Bruce Rigsby: “It’s Mex̣méx̣s in Tom Andrews’ Palouse Sahaptin.”
-a
Present perfect. NW Sahaptin. Suffixes to in and un- verbs (Umatilla simply lengthens the in and un in the present perfect). See Table 18.
łq̓ám
Moccasin, shoe. walím łq̓ám ‘common shoe’. łq̓ám is more N Sahaptin, for Umatilla word see wɨłq̓ám.
čiškíin
In this language, in Sahaptin. Also ičiškíin. isɨ́nwisa čiškíin ‘he is speaking in this language’. [NP /ttooqat´mtki/ ‘in the Indian language’.]
mulá
Mule, donkey. Also limíil. [NP /mólaa/, /molaa/; from Spanish first into Sahaptin and then into Nez Perce according to Aoki 1994:456.]
-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/.]
spílya
Coyote, Canis latrans. [NP /ˀiceyéye/, likely Shoshoni loan where the word for ‘coyote’ is based on a verb stem, ˀisa, meaning ‘to tell a lie’. Aoki 1994:1007. Sahaptin spílya appears to be a Salish loan.]
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’.
ɨstíˀɨstins
Arrowhead, wapato, Sagittaria latifolia, “a root of the Columbia interior” (Jacobs 1931:102, 225), “no Sahaptin term known” (Hunn 1990:347). Also stínstins. [Y wáptu; cf. Y ɨstínstins ‘evergreen needle, icicle, railroad tie’.]
xaslú
Star. ana kú iwá c̓áac̓aa xaslú alxayxmíyaw ku ác̓aasa pɨnmíin háašt ‘when the star is close to the moon he is dying’. [Y x̣aaslú; NP /x̣c̓yu/; both languages may share a common root, *xɨs ~ *x̣ɨs, with Sahaptin suffixing -lu and Nez Perce /-ˀyu/.]
watx̣ɨ́n
Yes-no question particle. watx̣ɨ́n iwínaša ‘is he going?’; watx̣ɨ́naš čúutata ‘may I go get a drink?’; watx̣ɨ́nam áwɨna nayáyasaan ‘did you tell my older brother?’; watx̣ɨ́nam ímč̓a tq̓íx̣ša ‘do you want [some] too?’; watx̣ɨ́nam ášukʷaša šína kʷná patámiča ‘do you know who they buryied there?’; watx̣ɨ́naš ínč̓a wínata ‘may I go too?’; watx̣ʷɨ́nam tamášwikayitax̣na sɨ́nwit ‘could you interpret for me?’; kʷawatx̣ɨ́n ‘could it be that?’. [NE wát; other Sahaptin míš; NP /wét/.]
-ta
Future tense. áwnam ímč̓a wáta waníči ‘now you also will be named’; pawaníčtanam sɨ́kni ‘they will name you Síkni‘; kumaš ƛ̓áax̣ʷ níix̣ wɨ́šayčta ‘and all yours will become good’. Used in noncounterfactual conditionals: apam kú ttáwax̣ta kupam p̓ɨ́x̣ta ‘when you grow up you will remember’; apam kú tkʷáynpta kupam laˀák wiyáłamayčta ‘when you go hunting you might get lost’. Often with deontic sense: kunam íkʷɨn wínata ‘and you should go there’; qqaanáytapam ‘you should work!’; sápsik̓ʷatapam sɨ́nwit naamí ‘you should teach our language’. [NP /-uˀ/, future cislocative /-uˀkum/; Sahaptin future -ta is a grammatical extension of purposive -ta.]
tíla
Maternal grandfather; man’s daughter’s child. tíla ‘grandfather!’; natílas ‘my grandfather’; tíl ‘your grandfather’; íntil ‘my grandchild’; ímtil ‘your grandchild’; tíla ‘(his/her) grandfather; his daughter’s child’; natílasanɨms ɨ́nna ‘my grandfather told me’; natílasayin páq̓inuna ‘my grandfather saw him’; amaš šín wačá imíin tíla ‘whoever was your grandfather’; kúušx̣i inmí tíla ittáwax̣na Ímatalampa ‘in the same way my grandfather grew up at Umatilla’; čáwnaš mún q̓inúna tíla ‘I never saw my grandfather’; tilamí áwa ‘it’s his grandfather’s’; tílanɨmš iníya ‘his grandfather gave it to me’; tílayin pániya ‘your grandfather gave it to him’; tílapa iníya ‘he gave it to his grandfather’; iq̓ínušanaaš tiláp ‘your grandfather saw me’; áq̓inušanaaš tiláp ‘I saw your grandfather’; tilapmí waníčt ‘his grandfather’s name’; pínapu pawačá inmíkni tilamíkni ‘there were four from my maternal grandfather’s side’; mɨ́ł áwača x̣áyma natilasanmí ‘how many brothers did my grandfather have?’; áwača natilasanmí ašwaníyama ‘my maternal grandfather had slaves’; čí iwá ímtil ‘this is your grandchild’. [NE síla; NP /plq/; the deviant NE sound correspondence (s for t) suggests borrowing in Sahaptin: cf. Moses-Columbian ttíl̓aˀ ‘maternal grandfather’ Beavert & Hargus (2009:213).]