Roe, salmon eggs. Also pronounced asɨ́xʷ. asɨ́xʷna patášapawawp̓kɨnx̣a ku kʷná patánaknuwix̣a kkɨ́smaaman xúlxulmaaman ‘they make the salmon eggs hatch and they keep the little fish there’; ana kʷná patánaknuwix̣a asɨ́xʷna ‘where they take care of the fish eggs’; iyáx̣tata ɨsɨ́x̣ʷ ‘salmon eggs will be spilled’ (Jacobs 1937:31.45.2, pg. 80). [N ɨsɨ́x̣ʷ; NP /qqil/.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation