Root digger, woman or girl. x̣niłá iwɨ́šayčɨn ‘a girl has been born’; ƛ̓áax̣ʷ pawá x̣niłáma ‘they are all root diggers’. [NP /qˀniyew̓et(u)/.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
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