yáamaš

Deer, generic deer, mule deer doe, Odocoileus hemionus hemionus. patkʷáynpɨnx̣ana yáamašyaw ‘they would go hunting for deer’; itamánwiyayiyana pyax̣í x̣áwš lúkš tmɨ́š wíwnu ku núsux ku yáamaš ‘he ordained the bitterroot, cous, biscuit root, chokecherries, huckleberries and salmon and deer for us’; patákaˀuyiyayiša yáamaš ‘they’re feasting his first kill deer’; ipápawɨnpa yáamaš ‘the deer mated’; yaamašmí iqʷikáwas ‘vanilla leaf (Achlys triphylla)’. [NW also qnúwat; NP /ˀmes/; cf. NP /yeˀemes/ ‘black-tailed doe, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus‘ (Aoki 1994:949).]