Personifier. Huliyáy ‘Wind’; Spilyáy ‘Coyote’; sɨlksɨlkyáy ‘Cricket’; talyáy ‘Little Bug’; tx̣awnayáy ‘East Wind’; Wawatawyáy ‘Antelope’; X̣ʷaamayáy ‘Eagle’. See also -ya. [NP /-yéye/.]
Language Program · Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation