Origin:
wawáx̣ɨm (spring) + *-í (unknown) + -wi (to be something, become something)
Definition:
to return to spring (season).
Examples:
- áw pinátamasklikɨn anmíwit wawax̣míwityaw ‘now the winter is returning to summer’;
- papáču wawax̣míwit ‘summer’.
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation