Go root digging. x̣nítašaaš ‘I am going to go dig roots’; kutaš wínata ánč̓a x̣nítata ‘and we will go digging again’; áwna wínaša pɨ́t̓x̣anukan x̣nítaša ‘let’s go digging toward the mountains’; kunam páyš wínata x̣nítata kʷaaní ‘and maybe you will go root digging in that direction’; čáwpam x̣nítata ‘you should not go digging’; ana pmáy pamáwšuwaša x̣nítatyaw ‘they who are getting themselves ready to go root digging’. [NP /qˀníten/.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation