Pound metal, do blacksmith work. ipɨ́stxa ‘he did the blacksmith work’; ipɨ́stxša ɨstína ‘he is working the metal’; ipɨ́stxayišaaš ‘he is doing blacksmith work for me’; ipɨ́stxšana láx̣ʷayx̣na ɨstína ‘he was working the hot iron’; pápstxayix̣ana kápɨn ‘he used to forge their diggers’; pɨstxáwas ‘blacksmith hammer’; pɨ́stxi ‘pounded’; pstxłá ‘blacksmith’; pstxtpamá ‘blacksmith shop’. [NP /ˀpc̓óq/.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation