Arrowhead, wapato, Sagittaria latifolia, “a root of the Columbia interior” (Jacobs 1931:102, 225), “no Sahaptin term known” (Hunn 1990:347). Also stínstins. [Y wáptu; cf. Y ɨstínstins ‘evergreen needle, icicle, railroad tie’.]
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Arrowhead, wapato, Sagittaria latifolia, “a root of the Columbia interior” (Jacobs 1931:102, 225), “no Sahaptin term known” (Hunn 1990:347). Also stínstins. [Y wáptu; cf. Y ɨstínstins ‘evergreen needle, icicle, railroad tie’.]