Guess in stick game, guess right. iƛ̓úna tk̓ʷíikʷ ‘he guessed right’; iƛ̓úna plášna łkmáan ‘he guessed the white bone’; iƛ̓úun waláq̓ikina łkmáan ‘he has just guessed the tied bone’; áƛ̓unaaš ‘I guessed him (the man with the bones)’; ƛ̓úšamaš ‘I am guessing you’; lɨ́xsnaš áƛ̓una ‘I guessed one of theirs’; naptíknaš áƛ̓uun ‘I have guessed both of theirs’; áƛ̓unaaš Terryna paˀalyáwatpa ‘I guessed Terry in the stick-game (i.e., I guessed right)’; súƛ̓wanp ‘dip’; ƛ̓ułá ‘guesser in stick-game’. [NP /hyúmn/; /t̓´wn/ ‘guess in stick game’; /c̓íln/ ‘win’ (e.g., stakes in stick-game).]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation