Trail, path, road; the “road” of blankets and goods in a naming ceremony; Milky Way. ik̓ʷíišna ɨščɨ́t ‘the road got slick’; mɨlá iwá ɨščɨ́t ‘it’s a rough road’; taˀáx̣ iwá ɨščɨ́t ‘the road is icy’; sɨ́nwišananam ɨščɨ́tki inmípa tímanipa tiičámpa ‘you were speaking about roads on my reservation’; ku áwača ɨščɨ́t ku kʷná pawšánax̣ana ‘and they had a trail and they would move on that’; mɨlá iwá ɨščɨ́t ‘it’s a rough road’; kušta čáw kúuš kʷɨ́nɨm iwiyák̓ɨnkayita ína ɨščɨ́t ‘and thusly indeed that will not block my way’; ɨščɨ́t iwačá ƛ̓áax̣ʷ púwi ‘the road was all snow’; ƛ̓áax̣ʷpa iwačá čúuš ɨščɨ́tpa ‘the water was on all the roads’; ana kú iwánpta wánpt úyit kunam áwaniyayita ɨščɨ́t ‘when he will sing the first medicine singing then you will make his road’; áw patáˀaniyayix̣a ɨščɨ́t ‘now they make the road for him’ (the “road” of blankets at a naming ceremony); ana k̓ʷapɨ́n iwá ɨščɨ́t ayáyat ‘that which is a beautiful path’; šawlakaykašmí ɨščɨ́t ‘wagon trail’; ɨščɨ́tlaykɨl ‘along the road’. [NP /ˀskt/.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation