Onomatopoeic sound of the discharge of an arrow from a bow. ku anam kú patux̣ʷɨ́nata ku paˀɨ́nta c̓smalpál ‘and when they shoot you they will say, “c̓smalpál“‘; aw kú pátux̣ʷnana Spilyáyin c̓smalpál ánč̓ax̣i c̓smalpál ‘then Coyote shot him c̓smalpál again c̓smalpál‘; páx̣am c̓smalpál pátux̣ʷnana ‘five times c̓smalpál he shot him’.
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation