Fencing, fence, corral. ana kú iwačá ƛ̓áax̣ʷ čáw tún pálklikt ‘when all was not any fences’; pálkliktpa iq̓íša ‘he is caught on a fence’; pátukš palkliktpamá ‘fence post’; ptúkš palkliktpamá ‘fence posts’; ɨstí palkliktpamá ‘fence wire’; palkliktpamá čáwiwat ‘barbed wire’. [WS k̓aláx̣; NE k̓aláx̣it; Y q̓aláx̣; NP /ˀpélklikt/.]

Flower buds. ana kú áttawax̣ɨnx̣a mɨx̣ɨ́š palpálp ana kʷaaná patáwaničɨnxa wawínɨm ‘when its yellow buds grow, that which they call wawínim‘.

Palouse. ttáwax̣t paluuspamá ‘family on the Palouse side’. [NP /pelúuc/.]

Definition:

Widow or widower during the time of mourning.

Example:

1. áƛ̓iyawiya wínš ku tílaaki ku iwá palɨxsíks ‘her husband or his wife died and it’s a widow’.

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Agreement, agreeing.

Stickgame player. Also paˀalyawałá.

The stick game, bone game. Also pronounced paˀalyáwat. iƛ̓ɨ́x̣ʷaˀuyiša palyáwatpa ‘he is guessing first in the stick game’; palyáwatpa iƛ̓úna ‘he guessed right in the stick game’; miimá palyáwat ‘the traditional stick-game (where they bet shawls, horses, etc., not money)’. See also alyáwa ‘bet in the stick game’. [NE paˀlyúut; NW palyúut; NP /lóx̣mit/.]

Skull. páłka pípšin laqáylaqayi ‘skull and cross-bones’. [NP /k̓acapocac/.]

Roasting stick. itáwaša núsux páłpaski ‘she is roasting the salmon with the roasting sticks’; ku paˀaníx̣ana páłpas c̓unipsmí ‘and they would make their salmon roasting sticks of oak’; Wayámpa pakúukix̣a núsuxna páłpaski ‘at Celilo they cook the salmon on roasting sticks’; ásuyatkɨnk páłpaski núsuxna ‘skewer the salmon with the roasting sticks!’. [K táwat̓as; NP /taˀcway/.]

Joking, jesting. ášapatyašaaš kʷaaná inmíki páłq̓itɨmtki sɨ́nwitki ‘I am making that one laugh with my joking words’.

Trickster (in a playful sense).

Baldface or blazed face horse. Also patk̓ʷáylaki.