Go over the edge, flow over a falls. iwaapáykša čúuš ‘the water is going over the falls’; pawaapáykɨnkika ‘they made it on over’. [Y wíipayk; NP /wayapáyk/ ‘move quickly’.]
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Go over the edge, flow over a falls. iwaapáykša čúuš ‘the water is going over the falls’; pawaapáykɨnkika ‘they made it on over’. [Y wíipayk; NP /wayapáyk/ ‘move quickly’.]