Be a gully or washout (land form). ix̣uuwíša tiičám ‘the land is washing out becoming a gully’; čáx̣uuwi ‘stretch (rope), lace (on a frame)’; wíx̣uuwi ‘lace, lace to a frame’. [Possibly áwi ‘look for’ plus a detransitivizing x̣á-.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation