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X̣úkyimkt

Unidentified place name from somewhere between the Umatilla Reservation and Celilo.

Lehman Hot Springs

Múlišinma ‘Lehman Hot Springs south of the Umatilla Reservation near Ukiah’.

awáała

Or. In Umatilla ‘or’ is mostly aw k̓ʷáyk̓a áw. See wáała.

uynáaptit

Definition:

Seventy.

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[WS tuskaskiyáaptit; Y tuskasáaptit; NP /ˀuyneˀeptit/.]

Umatilla numbers

paˀlíin

Parker’s Well, just past Deadman’s Pass on Umatilla Reservation. paˀlíispa ‘at Parker’s Well’.

Nɨ́ptuwiš

Walla Walla, Washington. Generally called pášx̣a in Umatilla. [Cf. NE nɨ́ptuwiš ‘fish net’.]

ɨštɨ́š

Cactus, Opuntia polycantha. ɨštɨ́š ittáwax̣ɨnx̣a Ímatalampa ‘cactus grows at Umatilla/Hermiston’. [NP /ˀsts/.]

sɨnmí

Red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii). Umatilla generally uses cɨ́nmi. [NP /c´lmi/.]

lakaláat

Carrot, domestic carrot. In Umatilla mostly sawitkwáakuł. [NP /cawitkwáakoˀs/; Jargon, from French la carotte.]

k̓aylásk̓aylas

Seagull, California gull, Larus californicus. Umatilla prefers k̓ayák̓aya. [NE caspúla; Y sasp̓úla; NP muqúycimun.]

šátwi

Change (of seasons). áw išátwiša ‘now the seasons are changing’. This may not be Umatilla.

Buckhorn Camp

pawsk̓ukáwas (place in the Johnson Creek Restoration Area on the Umatilla Reservation near “Picnic Grounds”).

łq̓ám

Moccasin, shoe. walím łq̓ám ‘common shoe’. łq̓ám is more N Sahaptin, for Umatilla word see wɨłq̓ám.

Veteran

súlcas ‘soldier, army, military service’; sulcasmaamí tiičám ‘veterans’ grounds’ (area on Umatilla Reservation belonging to the veterans).

čanúwi

Weave. ičanúwiša wápas ‘she is weaving her bag’; čanuwitpamá ‘twine, weaving material’. Umatilla uses wáp̓a. [NP /ken̓wi/.]

cc̓úupn

Melt, thaw. Bound in Umatilla. See also wináwayn. lácc̓uup ‘thaw’; ílac̓uup ‘melt’. [NE cc̓uˀúpn; Y c̓c̓úupn; NP /lamlin/.]

Tutuilla

Šišnɨmíiš ‘Tutuilla flats (on Umatilla reservation)’. Tutuilla is said to be named after Tutuila island in the Samoan archipelago.

pyúuyax̣

Bull snake, gopher snake, pine snake, Pituophis melanoleucus. Umatilla generally uses nč̓í pyúš. [NE p̓ix̣wawá; NW ppáaw; NP /pixwew̓é/.]

Múlišinma

Lehman Hot Springs south of the Umatilla Reservation near Ukiah, North Fork of the John Day River, John Day area.

nɨp̓íwi

Fish, fish with dipnet. panp̓íwiša núsuxyaw ‘I am fishing for salmon’; panp̓íwitaša ‘they’re going to go fish’. Umatilla mostly uses láwyala.