Dirt, soil. áwna áwisp̓isa lapatáatna swíčtki ku łíłx̣ki ‘now we are covering up the potatoes with ryegrass and dirt’; pláš łɨ́łx̣ ‘alkali (such as is found down near Power City)’; łɨ́łx̣sɨm ‘completely dirty’. [WS łáłx̣; NP /ˀtqʷ/; NP /łíkn/ ‘be dirty’.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation