Float, float along, float away, drown. iyáwaynaša čí ‘this is floating along’; ku payáwaynana ‘and they floated away’; ášapayawaynak ‘wash them away!’; kʷná áwa wáx̣wayčt ku kʷná pawaalúuna ku payáwaynana ‘they had the bridge there and there they drove into the water and drowned’. [NP /télen/.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation