Perch, sit on a branch, sit high up. iwalápaq̓itša x̣ʷáami ‘he is sitting way up (such as in the bleachers)’; walápaq̓ikt ‘president’. [Y walápaq̓ik; cf. NP /weleq̓ík/ ‘be stuck’.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation