Great blue heron, Ardea herodias. Umatilla. Also múq̓a. [NP /muq̓e/.]
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čɨkčɨ́knu
Yellow-bellied marmot, Marmota flaviventris. Umatilla usually cáxcam. [NP /cexcem/.]
paˀlíin
Parker’s Well, just past Deadman’s Pass on Umatilla Reservation. paˀlíispa ‘at Parker’s Well’.
McKay Creek
Háwtmi ‘McKay Creek, on Umatilla reservation’; Hawtmiłáma ‘McKay Creek people’.
Buckhorn Camp
pawsk̓ukáwas (place in the Johnson Creek Restoration Area on the Umatilla Reservation near “Picnic Grounds”).
Tutuilla
Šišnɨmíiš ‘Tutuilla flats (on Umatilla reservation)’. Tutuilla is said to be named after Tutuila island in the Samoan archipelago.
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/.]
lakaláat
Carrot, domestic carrot. In Umatilla mostly sawitkwáakuł. [NP /cawitkwáakoˀs/; Jargon, from French la carotte.]
Veteran
súlcas ‘soldier, army, military service’; sulcasmaamí tiičám ‘veterans’ grounds’ (area on Umatilla Reservation belonging to the veterans).
k̓aylásk̓aylas
Seagull, California gull, Larus californicus. Umatilla prefers k̓ayák̓aya. [NE caspúla; Y sasp̓úla; NP muqúycimun.]
sɨnmí
Red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii). Umatilla generally uses cɨ́nmi. [NP /c´lmi/.]
łq̓ám
Moccasin, shoe. walím łq̓ám ‘common shoe’. łq̓ám is more N Sahaptin, for Umatilla word see wɨłq̓ám.
Múlišinma
Lehman Hot Springs south of the Umatilla Reservation near Ukiah, North Fork of the John Day River, John Day area.
č̓ɨší
Bitterbrush, antelope brush, Purshia tridentata. This is in the rose family (Rosaceae); one sees a lot of it around Umatilla. [Y yik̓ayík̓aš.]
-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.
čanúwi
Weave. ičanúwiša wápas ‘she is weaving her bag’; čanuwitpamá ‘twine, weaving material’. Umatilla uses wáp̓a. [NP /ken̓wi/.]
umíš
Or. umíštya kúuš pakúta ‘or are they going to do it that way?’. Reduced from áw míš ‘now how’; ‘or’ is usually áw k̓ʷáyk̓a áw in Umatilla.
cc̓úupn
Melt, thaw. Bound in Umatilla. See also wináwayn. lácc̓uup ‘thaw’; ílac̓uup ‘melt’. [NE cc̓uˀúpn; Y c̓c̓úupn; NP /lamlin/.]
tmáakn
Respect. NW but sometimes used in Umatilla. [U tmáyn; tmáak is tmí- ‘with heart’ and possibly PS *hek (cf. NP /hekn/ ‘see’).]