Terms starting with “p” – Page 16 – Umatilla Language Online Dictionary

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Progressive

-ša (progressive aspect).

tuyáyčt ‘restriction (as taught by the elders)’.

ɨ́nn ‘say, tell’.

ɨ́nni ‘said’.

wɨsá- ‘lying prone’; tkʷáy- ‘with a saliently one dimensional object in a prone position’.

wáwataw ‘Antilocapra americana‘; Wawatáwya ‘Antelope’ (the legendary character).

pč̓íwit ‘wealth, possessions’; tiičám ‘land, ground, earth, place’.

-t̓a, -tat̓a (desiderative, prospective).

pč̓í ‘wealthy, having lots of things’.

táptat ‘Prosser, Washington’; Wɨx̣inšyaynmí Łp̓úł ‘Abalone’s Tear’ (place right after the break hill at Prosser, Washington).

x̣ax̣aykʷiłá.

nápayun ‘take up for, defend’; ččáanwi ‘not tell on, deny someone’s guilt’.

cɨ́ˀli ~ cɨ́lli ~ c̓ɨ́li ~ c̓ɨlc̓ɨ́l ‘arrogant, too good for’.

pinápx̣ʷini ‘conceited, too good for others’.

cɨ́ˀliwi ‘be arrogant, act proud, be too good for’.

cɨ́ˀlin ~ c̓ɨ́lin ‘be proud of’.

isík̓ʷa ‘show, demonstrate, explain’.

tamánwi ‘legislate, decree, institute, provide for’.

čí ‘this’; čn- (zero ablaut base for oblique cases).

sapác̓uumk ‘close, pull draw strings to close’.