Fish, fish with dipnet. panp̓íwiša núsuxyaw ‘I am fishing for salmon’; panp̓íwitaša ‘they’re going to go fish’. Umatilla mostly uses láwyala.
254 terms start with “n”
nɨp̓iwiłá
Fisherman. ku iwɨ́šayča skáw nɨp̓iwiłá núsux̣na wɨnpłá ‘and he became a great fisherman, a salmon taker’.
Nɨ́ptuwiš
Walla Walla, Washington. Generally called pášx̣a in Umatilla. [Cf. NE nɨ́ptuwiš ‘fish net’.]
nɨpúuštayma
Accept. aš kʷaaná ánpuuštaymatax̣na ‘that which I can accept’. [NP /weyeˀénp/
nɨpúutk̓ʷin
Inherit. inpúutk̓ʷina wapáwat ‘she inherited her outfit’; panpúutk̓ʷiša tiičámna ‘they are inheriting the land’. [Y lɨpáwtk̓ʷin; NP /twíkn/ (with reflexive).]
nɨpúutk̓ʷit
Inheritance. [Y lɨpáwtk̓ʷit; NP ˀipnéetiwikin /ˀipnétwiknt/.]
nɨ́q̓ʷ
Root in nɨ́q̓ʷk ‘swallow’; nɨ́q̓ʷaaš ‘throat’; nɨq̓ʷɨ́t ‘breast, milk’. [Cf. possibly the NP bound /lq̓o/ (or /lq̓ʷ/) ‘be put down’ (Aoki 1994:403).]