Probable root in lák̓uušk ‘smoke’; tamák̓usk ‘cover over’. Cf. also k̓ʷɨ́š ‘muddy, soft’. [Cf. NP /k̓úxsn/ ‘be a mound, pile of dirt, etc.’.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Probable root in lák̓uušk ‘smoke’; tamák̓usk ‘cover over’. Cf. also k̓ʷɨ́š ‘muddy, soft’. [Cf. NP /k̓úxsn/ ‘be a mound, pile of dirt, etc.’.]