Be clear (of sky). aykɨ́tša áw ‘it is clearing up now’; aykɨ́tna cáˀat ‘it cleared up for a little while’. Ablaut: aykáatn. [NP /haykátn/.]
340 terms start with “a”
áykʷs
Small rabbit, Nuttal cottontail rabbit, Sylvilagus nuttallii; eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus (introduced). [NP /hey̓uxc/.]
áypɨx̣
Clearing, treeless place, flat ground, plains, land down below as seen when coming over the hill, the Yakima Valley. k̓ʷáytyamaš wá kutyaš átq̓ix̣ša tiičám áypɨx̣ ‘that rather is yours and I want the sagebrush land instead’; aypáx̣kan ‘towards Yakima’ (Jacobs 1931:231). [WS áypax̣; Y áypx̣; NP /tx̣peˀm/.]
áypɨx̣pal
Person from the plains. [NP /tx̣peˀmé/.]
aytmɨ́n
Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. See píckatyu.
ayčtpamá
Sitting place, seat. amaš mɨná wá ayčtpamá ‘wherever your seat is’. [NP /wx̣siˀlikécet̓es/.]
áyun
Bear root, lovage, Ligusticum canbyi. iníyaaš kúƛ̓k áyun ‘she gave me a piece of lovage’. [NW áyut; NE qawšqáwš; NP /qawsqáws/.]
áyunaaš
An old campsite in the Mt. Adams area called Race Track Lake. áyunaaš iwá nisáwtas ana kú čáw šín čikúuk pawínax̣a kʷná ‘Áyunaash is an abandoned campsite where nobody goes today’.
áyx̣
Chum, dog or white salmon, Oncorhynchus keta (“the fall run”); postspawning salmon. NE, Umatilla mostly uses mɨt̓úla. [S mɨt̓úla; P č̓ɨlí; NP /ˀeyq/.]