wašwášnu

Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus); chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). wašwášnu aníya tamám ‘a chicken laid an egg’; itíq̓aničašaša wašwášnu tamámna ‘the chicken is setting on eggs’; iwáwp̓kša wašwášnu píitpiitma ‘the chicken is hatching her chicks’; wašwašnunmí tamám ‘chicken eggs’; Calmɨnmí wašwášnu ‘ringnecked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus‘. Also sapaníca. [P wɨšwɨ́šnu (Jacobs 1931:218); NW sɨmpaasá; NP waswásno /wswsno/.]