Fade away, vanish, disappear. iláamša naamí sɨ́nwit ‘our language is fading away’; iláamša naamí sɨ́nwit čná ‘our language is vanishing here’; ana kʷná paláamša tanánma ‘where the people are fading away’; šapálaamk ‘erase’. Diminutive of náamn.
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation