Reciprocate in ceremonial gift giving (as at a naming ceremony – the one receiving the name is reciprocated for a gift he has given at the naming); bestow a name. ániyawštaymašaaš náaptit x̣ax̣áykʷ čɨ́mtiyaw waníčtyaw ‘I am presenting him with $20.00 for the new name’; pániyawštaymaša pútɨmt x̣ax̣áykʷ twáwayin ‘he is being given $10.00 by Inez’; ániyawštaymašaaš waníčtna ‘I am bestowing the name’. See also k̓ʷałanáwštayma.
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation