Keeper, caretaker, God. ku iwá náx̣š naknuwiłá pčɨ́šna ‘and there is one keeper of the door’; kutya áwna mún naamí naknuwiłá ipx̣ʷína ‘but now somewhere our Keeper thought about us’; čalámat naknuwiłáma ‘the pipe keepers (the people who take care of the pipes)’.
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation