Concessive clause marker: Even though, although. ančínam áwɨnpa tiičám ku kʷná pawiyánawita ku pawɨ́npta tkʷátat ‘even though you bought your land they will come there and get their food’; ančí áw pɨ́n ínawiya ku čáw kúuš ikʷíya ‘even though he tried he could not do thusly’. [NE ančík; NW wačmáy; NP /ˀnék/ for 1st/2nd person subjects, /ˀnekík/ for 3rd person subjects.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation