Chew. níix̣ ičák̓ʷɨlka tkʷátat ‘he chewed his food well’; ičák̓ʷlkša waláas ‘he is chewing gum’; čáwnam čák̓ʷlkta waláas ‘don’t chew gum’; čák̓ʷlkɨnk miyálasay ‘chew it for the baby!’; áčak̓ʷlktanam mɨc̓áyna aq̓úwitpa ‘you chew the roots for a cough’; ičák̓ʷlkša táwax̣ ‘he is chewing tobacco’; čáwš čák̓ʷɨlkta ánč̓ax̣i ‘I’m not going to chew it again (idiomatic for čáwmataš ánč̓ax̣i ɨ́nta ‘I’m not going to tell you again’)’; čák̓ʷɨlkt ‘chewing’; čak̓ʷɨlkáł ‘without chewing’. [NP /kécey̓kecey̓n/.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation