Further, beyond, ahead, more than. iwá wáaˀaw šapíinawit páx̣at ‘it is five miles further’; ku náx̣š áwača páyš wáaˀaw náx̣š anwíčt páyčt ‘and her younger brother was maybe a little over a year old’; máal pawínata ku wáaˀaw iwínata ‘they will go so far and he will continue on’; wáaˀawna wá ‘ours is more’; wáaˀaw iwá íčɨn wápasyaw kuna ánč̓ax̣i náx̣špa wápaspa pšátaata ‘this bag is full and we will fill another’; wáaˀawnam áw ikúša ‘she is getting taller than you’; iwá maykwáaˀaw ‘he is trying to be superior’. [NP /tiiyíi/ (Aoki 1994:777).]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation