wáwataw

Pronghorn, antelope, Antilocapra americana. lɨkɨ́p iwáyx̣tix̣a wáwataw ‘the pronghorn runs fast’; Wawatáwya ~ Wawatawyáy ‘Antelope’. [NE wúutaw; típ̓i; NP /lak̓alik/ ~ /lik̓alik/ (male); /coq̓al´yniˀns/ (female); cf. also NP /ttp̓y/ ‘white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus‘ (tap̓íitawisiin ‘white-tailed buck’ [Aoki 1994:687]; tatáp̓ay ‘white-tailed doe’ [Aoki 1994:692]).]