onomatopoeic sound of tearing. ɨščɨ́tna páy wáx̣wayčtna páy iwáynana ‘it tore out the road bridge’. [Cf. NP páy páy (puffs of smoke ).]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
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