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Dry Creek, Forks Tanque on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, a pond up near the picnic grounds. panáyk̓ukɨnx̣ana k̓ʷɨ́nč Watámtulikacatpa ‘they used to gather pine lichen at Forks Tanque’. [NP /ˀwetemtulikécet/.]

Tutuwilla flats, Tutuwilla area (on Umatilla reservation). kúušx̣iš úykni p̓ɨ́x̣ša anam kʷaaná áwaničɨnx̣a Šišnɨmíiš ‘in the same way further I am remembering that which you call Tutuwilla’. [NP sisnimíin /ssnmiins/.]

Blue grouse, Dendragapus obscurus. Umatilla mostly tuyá. ík̓ʷak kákya pɨtí ikúšana áčaaš pɨnmínk ‘that bird, the blue grouse, was doing his own eyes’ (Jacobs 1937:36.2.2, pg. 88). [NP /tuy̓é/.]

Side, one side; half-dollar (coin). náx̣š íšat ‘one half’; paˀíšat ‘half and half’; íšatkni ‘on the other side’; íšatkan ‘toward the other side, across’; kʷníin íšatkni Ímatalampa ‘on that side of Umatilla’. [NP /kúpkn̓ikee(y)/.]

Genitive plural case. Suffixes after -ma, -in, -łá and certain kinship terms: k̓úsi áwa miyanašmaamí ‘the children have a horse’; k̓ʷáy áwa katkaatinamí ‘that belongs to the two boys’; Imatalamłaamí ‘of the Umatilla’; iłamí ‘your mother’s’.

Alderdale, Washington. iwaníša náwawi ku kʷná iwačá náx̣š ɨmá ‘it is named Náwawi and there was an island there’; inmítyaš kʷná wačá pčá náwawipa ‘rather my mother was there at Alderdale’. Beavert & Hargus (2009) have náawaway for Paterson (near Umatilla).

Wagon. Umatilla mostly uses šáwlakaykaš. kʷnátaš c̓íkc̓ik wáanitšana sk̓ínpa kutaš panákwayča k̓áwkik̓a ‘we left our wagon there at Wishram and they took us across by boat’. [Cf. Klamath č̓iikč̓iik (Barker 1963:91); word is from Jargon (Beavert & Hargus 2009:249).]

The hill and bluff on the right side crossing north at the bridge on I-82 at Umatilla, Oregon. Supposed to have been the head of Wáx̣šam in the legends. iwá nč̓í p̓uštáy Yásaluusa waníči ana k̓ʷáy áwača Wax̣šammí łamtɨ́x̣ ‘there is a big hill called Yásaluusa which had been the head of Wáx̣sham‘.

Plymouth, Washington; Milton Freewater, Oregon. iwaníša tiičám tamalám čníin íšatkni Ímatalampa ‘the land is named Tamalám on this side at Umatilla’; itkʷapˀuyima Šklúum ku íkʷɨn itkʷapaničášana tamalámkni Kłaatúš ‘Shklúum signed (the Treaty) first and next Kłaatúsh signed from Plymouth’; pawiláalakʷɨma paamíin atáw tiičám kʷná tamalámpa ‘they left their valuable land there at Plymouth’; watx̣ɨ́nam táwyašana tamalámpa ‘were you living in Milton Freewater?’. [NP /tamalam/.]

Ergative/Accusative case. Suffixes to kinship terms with ɨ- ‘your’ prefix (usually deleted in Umatilla). iłápnaš ániya útpas ‘I gave the blanket to your mother’; iłápnaš iníya útpas ‘your mother gave me the blanket’; ič̓ɨ́škawanaaš yašáp ‘your older brother lied to me’; watímnam áq̓inwatata yašáp ‘tomorrow you should go see your older brother’. [N -ám (ergative); -áp (accusative); NP kinship terms with /neˀ-/ ‘my’ and /ˀim̓-/ ‘your’ inflect with /-em/ (ergative) and /-ep/ (accusative); cf. the Klamath -p (nominative case for kinship terms).]

Accusative plural case. Suffixes to plural -ma, dual -in, and agentive -łá: kúušnašta áwɨnx̣a inmímaaman miyánašmaaman ‘thusly I tell my children’; k̓ʷáyš kʷɨ́ł áykɨnx̣ana inmímaaman nč̓ínč̓imaaman sɨ́nwityaw ‘that much I used to hear my elders speak’; kátkaatinaman inaknúwiša ‘she is taking care of two boys’; inákwinax̣ana tkʷaynpłáaman ‘he would take the hunters along’; ku pášapawinana Imatalamłáaman Háwtmikan ‘and he sent the Umatillas toward McKay Creek’.