Terms starting with “m” – Page 6 – Umatilla Language Online Dictionary

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Messy

łkluywít.

łkluywí ‘be messy’.

ɨstí ‘needle, awl, metal’; ɨstíyaas ‘metal bracelet’.

Mɨt̓úlayaaš ‘Metolius river in Central Oregon’.

nč̓í ataymat̓áwas ‘big city’.

spanyú; spanyúma ‘Mexicans’.

taax̣ʷat̓áwas.

šapalaxʷayxáwas ‘microwave oven’.

papáču ánɨm ‘mid winter’.

páčupa ‘between, in the center, in the middle’; wanúukši papáču ‘toward the back facing the middle’.

papáču ‘center, between’; papáču ánɨm ‘middle of winter’; apáplɨxs ‘middle finger’.

hišhíš ‘gnat, midge (Chironomidae)’.

tawlápak̓a ‘possibly, probably, instead’.

q̓ʷłtɨ́pwit ‘strength, power’.

waˀáax̣ ‘temperate, cool’.

šapíinawit ‘measure of length, inch, foot, yard, mile’.

yawastakíns ‘spiked watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum‘.

súlcas ‘soldier, veteran, army, military service’.

lúlukaš ‘breast, milk’; nɨq̓ʷɨ́t ‘breast, breast milk, milk’.

šapáˀat ’cause to go out’; šapáwala ’cause to flow’.