Bid farewell, sit with a person who is not expected to live, bid farewell to the dead, meet the person’s spirit, bring out the deceased possessions at a funeral (šapánax̣tit). áwštawatwaašaaš ‘I am bidding him farewell’; áwštawatwaašanaataš ‘we were sitting with him’; áwstawatwaašanam ‘you are bidding him farewell’; iwstáwatwaaša ‘he is bidding farewell’; áwštawatwaašana wapáwatna ‘we are bringing out the outfit’. [NE wɨštúutwaa; NP /wstqn̓émi/.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation