Weather omen that a child is being born, such as when the sun is shining and it is raining at the same time. páyš iwá wínš páči ku ihulíta áw k̓ʷáyk̓a áw it̓úx̣t̓x̣ʷita ku páyš iwá tílaaki níix̣ ku áwata ičú šáyat ku c̓múy ‘if it’s a mean male then it will blow or rain but if it’s a nice female hers will be a sunshine omen and warmth’; áwa šáyat ‘it’s his birth omen’. [NP / sahat/.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation