Maybe, perhaps. apam kú tkʷáynpta kupam laˀák wiyáłamayčta ‘when you go hunting you might get lost’; kupam laˀák wiyáłamaykta ‘and maybe you will get lost’; laˀákmaš čáw tún wáta ílukas ‘maybe you won’t have any wood’; páyš laˀák čáw šín níix̣ kʷɨ́nki ipx̣ʷíta ‘maybe someone will not think well about that’. Also páyš. [Same in all S dialects; perhaps related to NP neˀé ‘isn’t it?’.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation