Be winter. anmíwiša ‘it is winter’; pináwšuwanx̣a ánɨmiyaw anmíwityaw ‘it gets itself ready to pass into winter’. [Cf. Y ɨnwími ‘use during the year’; NP /hinmíwi/ ‘spend the year’.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation