Terms starting with “t” – Page 23 – Umatilla Language Online Dictionary

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English:

tax̣núnaq̓i

Finish growing, grow up, mature, die back (of root tops). itax̣núnaq̓iša ‘he’s growing up’; itax̣núnaq̓iya ‘he grew up’; áwnam tax̣núnaq̓i ‘you have grown up now’; itax̣núnaq̓i hahán ‘the root tops have died back’. [NP /piˀímnaq̓i/.]

táx̣nuwayti

Grow, grow fast. áw itáx̣nuwaytiša áswan ‘now the boy is growing’.

táx̣t

Northern flicker, Colaptes auratus. [NW č̓íya; NP /teqt/.]

tax̣úma

Mount Rainier.

táx̣uup

Pull a certain plant to cause a weather change. patáx̣uupa ‘they pulled the plant to make the weather change’.

taxʷɨ́s

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Indian hemp, dogbane, Apocynum cannabinum. It is dampened with burlap put around and covered up with dirt for a week to make it easier to split. They use a bone (t̓ɨx̣náwas) to clean off the outer part.

Examples:

pašáx̣ƛ̓ka taxʷɨ́s ‘they cut their dogbane’;
paˀanítaša taxʷɨ́sna ‘they are going there to prepare the dogbane’;
pašapálk̓ʷitša taxʷɨ́sna náx̣š pačwáywit ‘they are burying the dogbane for one week’;
pat̓ɨ́x̣na taxʷɨ́sna ‘they softened the dogbane’;
patknínx̣ana kʷaaná taxʷɨ́sna ‘they would roll that dogbane’;
iwapsíca taxʷɨ́sna ‘he braided the dogbane’;
paˀaníx̣ana sápk̓ukt taxʷɨsmí ‘they used to make bags out of dogbane’.

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[WS txʷs, táxʷs; NP /qemu/; cf. /t´xʷi/ ‘spin Indian hemp’.]

tax̣ʷíił

Sleet, ice; icy. tax̣ʷíił iwá ɨščɨ́t ‘the road is icy’; tax̣ʷíiłi ‘be icy, click’.

tax̣ʷíiłi

Sleet, ice up, be slick (road). itax̣ʷíiłiša ‘it is sleeting, the road is getting icy’.

tax̣ʷíiłit

Freezing rain.

táy

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Reduced from túyay. [NP ˀitów̓ayn.]

táy

Meadow. Also pronounced táay. [NE taˀák; NW táak; NP /tékn/.]

táyma

Throw, hit, strike, strike (of lightening). itáymaša ‘he is throwing’; nawinałáyin pátaymana táp̓ašna ‘lightening struck the tree’; átaymak pšwáki ‘throw a rock at him!’; iwɨ́npa pšwá ku itáymana níitna ‘he grabbed the stone and threw it at the house’; itáymanaaš ‘he threw and hit me’; átaymanaaš ‘I hit it with something’; pátaymana pátaatna ‘lightening struck the tree’; atáyma ‘trade, sell’; níyawštayma ‘reciprocate in ceremonial gift giving’; nɨpúuštayma ‘accept’; tx̣táyma ‘exchange’; waptáyma ‘pay back, take revenge’; wáwaatayma ‘swing around and hit’; wɨštáyma ‘meet’. [NE túun; Y támya; cf. NP /ˀtam̓ya/ ‘trade’.]

táymu

Message, news, information. inák̓ninx̣ana táymu ‘he used to deliver messages’; watx̣ɨ́nam níix̣ náčičɨn táymu ‘have you brought good news?’; taymunak̓ninłá ‘message carrier’. [NE talwáskt; K also pátaymu; Y támun; táymun; NP tamtáayn /tamtáynt/.]

taymułá

Messenger, news reporter, priest, preacher. taymułá iwá x̣ʷaamá ‘eagle is a messenger’. [NP /tamtaynat(o)/.]

táymun

Inform, report, tell news. itáymunaaš ‘he’s told me the news’; pɨnɨ́mnaš itáymuna ‘he told me the news’; itáymušaaš ‘he told me the news’; patáymunaaš ‘they told me the news’; pátaymuna ‘he told them the news’; itáymunayišana pyáp ‘he informed his (someone else’s) older brother’; átaymunk ‘tell them the news!’; itáymušanaaš ímištanɨm ‘your daughter informed me’; áwnam pátaymuta ‘now you will tell me the news’; átaymušaaš ‘I’m giving him the news’; pátaymušanam ‘you are telling me the news’; táymušapam ináy ‘you are telling me the news’; túnam patáymušana ‘what news were they telling you?’. [NE talwásk; Y támunn; NP /tamtáyn/.]