A long time, for a while. ana k̓ʷapɨ́n iłamáyšana máal wíyat̓iš ‘the aforementioned which was lost for a long time’; ku patáwaqitna wíyat̓iš ‘and they looked for him for a long time’; ana kúuš kʷáal ánɨm ana kú wíyat̓iš iwɨ́šayčɨn púuy ‘it seems like a long winter because the snow stayed for a long time’; kutaš kʷná wíyat̓iš wɨ́šayčɨnx̣ana ‘and we used to stay there a long time’; ku wíyat̓iš ittáwax̣ɨnx̣ana xʷɨ́saat ku łmáma ‘and it would take a long time to grow into an old man and an old woman’.
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation