Archaic element found in terms having to do with ‘water’: wána ‘flow’; wána (*wénent) ‘river’; watám ‘lake’; čúun ‘drink’; čúuš ‘water’; -uun ‘in or into water’. [NP /we/; PS *we.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Archaic element found in terms having to do with ‘water’: wána ‘flow’; wána (*wénent) ‘river’; watám ‘lake’; čúun ‘drink’; čúuš ‘water’; -uun ‘in or into water’. [NP /we/; PS *we.]