Wife. ášam ‘wife!’; ínmašam ‘my wife’; ímašam ‘your wife’; ášam ‘(his) wife’; ášam áwiyanawi ‘his wife has arrived’; išánaša ášaapa ‘he’s jealous of his wife’; k̓ʷáy áwa ašammí ‘that is his wife’s’; áƛ̓iyawiya winšmí pɨnašaamí x̣ɨ́tway ‘the man’s wife’s friend died’; ášamin ‘married (of a man), married couple’. [NP /ˀwépne/.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation