Knoll, rocky knoll, shallow soil, lithosol. šámpa iwá pyax̣í ‘the bitterroots are on the rocky bluffs’; pyax̣í ittáwax̣ɨnx̣a šámpa ‘bitterroot grows on rocky knolls’; šámpa ittáwax̣ɨnx̣a x̣nít ‘the roots grow on knolls’; šɨšám ‘hill with little rocks on it’.
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation