Celilo, Oregon. This was also the name of a chief there whose other name was X̣ankú. ku ánč̓a kʷɨ́ni patuníšama Wayámyaw ‘and again from there they were coming upriver to Celilo’; wiyánawišaaš Wayámkni ‘I am arriving from Celilo’; Wayámpa pakúukix̣a núsuxna páłpaski ‘at Celilo they cook their salmon on roasting sticks’. [NP /sil´yloo/.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation