Terms starting with “s” – Page 5 – Umatilla Language Online Dictionary

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sápc̓aak

Arrange, put in order. wísapc̓aˀkɨnk ‘put each in order!’. [NE sápc̓aˀk.]

sapíinawi

Measure. [Y sap̓ináwi; NP /sepíinewi/; PS *sepéhinewi.]

sápilɨmn

Definition:

To make fun of, tease in a bad way, ridicule.

Examples:

isapilɨ́mna kʷaaná ‘he made fun of that one’;
isápilɨmsaaš ‘he’s making fun of me’;
patásapilɨmsana áswanina ‘they were making fun of the boy’;
patásapilɨmnayisa áswan ‘they are making fun of her boy’;
pápasapilɨmsa ‘they’re making fun of one another’;
pasapilɨmłá ‘one who makes fun of others’.

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[NP /cépinmi/.]

sápip

Divide, apportion, distribute, hand out, pass out. tmɨ́š isápipša tílaakimaaman ‘she is passing the cherries out to the women’. [Y táwsayp; NP /ték̓en/.]

Root cookie, a tiny biscuit made from x̣áwš or lúukš or both (also mámɨn, pank̓ú). Distinct from ɨpá ‘root loaf’. It is dried in the sun. Also pronounced sapk̓íca. ku paˀaníx̣ana sapk̓ísa ku kʷnáx̣i papšátax̣ana ‘and they used to make root cookies and put them in that same bag’; isapk̓úsiyaas ƛ̓áax̣ʷ sapk̓ísa ‘he cheated me out of all the root cookies’; apápki aníyi iwá sapk̓íca ‘the root cake is made with the hand’. Also called sapɨ́l. [N saplɨ́l; Y sapk̓tɨ́t; NP /capk̓ícay/.]

sápk̓uk

Gather, gather up. isápk̓ukša ‘he is gathering up [things]’; isápk̓uksa x̣áwšna ‘she is gathering up the cous’ (said of already dried roots that are spread out); sápk̓ukɨnk táatpas ‘pick up your clothes!’; iwísapkukša ‘he is gathering up each’; pawísapk̓ukša ‘they are gathering up each’; aw kú isápk̓uka núsux ‘then he gathered up the salmon’. [NP /capáˀamk/

sápk̓ukt

Bag, carrying bag, any kind of bag, woman’s handbag, purse. kuš paˀaníyayiya sápk̓ukt kskɨ́s k̓pɨtłimá ‘and they made me a little beaded bag’. [WS sámk̓ukt; NP /ˀsp̓álq/; /ˀ´tet̓es/.]

sapk̓úsi

Cheat (as in trading), deceive. pasapk̓úsiyaataš ‘they cheated us’; isapk̓úsisaas sapk̓ísa ‘he is cheating me out of root cookies’; isapk̓úsisaaš ‘he is cheating me’; laˀáknaš ína isapk̓úsisana waq̓íšwit ‘maybe he’s cheating my life’; isapk̓úsiyaaš x̣ax̣áykʷ ‘he cheated me out of the money’; čáwnam šína ásapk̓usisa ‘you are not deceiving anyone’. [NW also saptayák, íčlaak; NP /cepk̓úcwi/.]

sapk̓usiłá

Cheater; joker (in cards). sapk̓usiłanmí áwa kákya pamtá ‘toad is the devil’s animal’. [NW saptayakłá, ičlaakłá; NP /cepk̓ucwiyeˀwet(u)/.]

sápk̓uyx

Dumpling. [NP weycélmen.]

sapɨ́l

Biscuits made out of roots (x̣áwš, lúukš), root cookies with meat or deer fat. [Cf. Y saplɨ́l ‘bread, flour, dough’ from Jargon Beavert & Hargus (2009).]

sápqitwa

Take care of. anam kú čáw ásapqitwata ‘when you don’t take care of him’ (WS). [Cf. NP /msqítwen/ ‘pay attention’; /sléwqitwen/ ‘watch, scrutinize, take care of’.]

sapsanáwas

Travois, trailer, pickup truck. [Y tamantatitpamá; NP /sepéˀsepen/.]

sápsik̓ʷa

Teach. pasápsik̓ʷata miyánašmaaman ‘they will teach the children’; kutaš ásapsik̓ʷasana naamí tkʷátat ‘and we were teaching them our food’; pasápsik̓ʷanaataš tkʷátat ‘they taught us the foods’; kutaš ásapsik̓ʷasana naamí tkʷátat ‘and we were teaching them our foods’; ana k̓ʷapɨ́n nč̓ínč̓ima pasápsik̓ʷana náaman sɨ́nwit ‘the aforementioned elders who taught us the language’; patásapsik̓ʷanx̣a šúwat naknúwit nɨkʷɨ́tna ‘they teach them to butcher, to take care of the meat’; pamásapsik̓ʷasa ‘they are practicing’; patq̓íx̣šaataš sápsik̓ʷat wɨłq̓ám anít ‘they want us to teach moccasin making’; ana pmáy pawá sápsik̓ʷani ‘they who are taught’; sápsik̓ʷani k̓úsi ‘trained horse’; sápsik̓ʷat ‘teaching’. [NP /hímteˀk/.]

sapsik̓ʷałá

Teacher. [NP /himteˀkew̓et(u)/; /sepehitemenew̓et(u)/.]

sápsik̓ʷat

Teaching. k̓ʷáy iwačá sápsik̓ʷat míimi ‘that was the teaching long ago’; k̓ʷáy áwača sápsik̓ʷat nč̓inč̓imaamí ‘that was the teaching of the elders’; . . . sápsik̓ʷat ataš tún pasápsik̓ʷana čná tiičámpa ‘to teach whatever they taught in this land’; kutaš aw kú pamáwšuwata sápsik̓ʷatay mayánašmaaman sɨ́nwit ičiškíin ‘and then we will get ourselves ready for teaching the children to speak in Indian’. [NP /hímteˀkt/.]