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Umatilla Dictionary

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Language Name

Sahaptin, Nez Perce.

Alternate Language Names

Sahaptin: Shahaptin, Ichishkíin Sɨ́nwit, Snchitsu'umshtsn.

Nez Perce: Niimi'ipuutímt, Numípu, Nez Percé, nimipuutímt, nimiipuutímt, niimiipuutímt.

Region

Washington and Oregon, United States.

Who

Noel Rude; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

Others Involved

Inez Spino Reves (Primary Language Consultanat); Charley McKay, Joan Watlamet (Umatilla Contributors); Kathryn Arquette, Cecelia Bearchum, Virginia Beavert, Margaret Buck, Sally Buck, Alice Florendo, Verbena Green, Barbara Heemsah, Fred Hill, Sr., Lilliam Hoptowit, Mary Jim Chapman, Donald Joe, Mary Dick John, Rose L.-Y. John, Elizabeth Jones, Emily Littlefish, Louise Beavert Lloyd, Babtist Lumley, Agnes Billy Mark, Edith McCloud, Charles McKay, Thomas Morning Owl, Mildred Quaempts, Inez Reves, Ellen Saluskin, Carrie Sampson, Nettie Showaway, Ada Sooksoit, Bobby Tamalwash, Joseph Thompson, Lester Umtuch, Virginia Wyena (Speakers who worked with the CTUIR Language Program); Margaret Allman, Joan Burnside, Clarence Burke, Fermore Craig, Pricilla Alvina Craig, Agnes Davis, Kathleen Gordon, Eugene John, David Miles, Antone Minthorn, William Minthorn, Lottie Moody, Susie Moore, Art Motanic, Esther Motanic, Ada Patrick, Rosa Thompson, Gordon Waters, Elizabeth Wilson, Viola Wocatsie (Nez Perce Speakers); Melville Jacobs, Bruce Rigsby, Eugene Hunn, Sharon Hargus, Joana Jansen (Linguists); Henry Millstein (Warm Springs Consultant); Amelia Colwash, Betty Lou Lucio, Bernice Mitchell, Matilda Mitchell, Sylvia Sahme, Nettie Showaway, Ada Sooksoit, Hazel Suppah, Sylvia Wallulatum (Columbia River Sahaptin Speakers); National Geographic Genographic Legacy Fund, Endangered Language Fund Native Voices Endowment: A Lewis & Clark Expedition Bicentennial Legacy, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (Funding).

Publishing Information

Published in 2014, by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle.

How People are Cited

People are cited in the section of the dictionary's front matter in the section titled čáwna mún náamta 'We shall never fade'.

How Information is Cited

Information is cited in the section of the dictionary's front matter in the section titled čáwna mún náamta 'We shall never fade' and the dictionary's Bibliography.

Where is Information Coming from

Information in this dictionary comes from speakers, primarily Twáway (Inez Spino-Reves), and previously published resources as listed in the Bibliography.

Tools and Framework used

This dictionary is available as a physical book. The dictionary is also available as a website.

Access

This dictionary is available through libraries, or can be purchased for $55.00 USD from the University of Washington Press. The dictionary is also available as an open access website.

Included Languages and Directionality

Sahaptin to English; English to Sahaptin.

While this is primarily a Sahaptin dictionary, some entries include Nez Perce where cognates/equivalents to the Sahaptin headword are known.

Dialects Included

This dictionary includes information from the Celilo, Columbia River, John Day, Klikitat, Northern, Northeast, Northwest, Palouse, Rock Creek, Umatilla, Upper Cowlitz, Warm Springs, and Yakima dialects of Sahaptin.

This dictionary also includes Nez Perce equivalents and/or cognates where such is known.

Type of Dictionary

This is a bilingual, bidirectional dictionary introduced by a brief grammar.

How are Entries Organised

Entries are organized alphabetically by Sahaptin (according to the alphabet included on pg. 50) in the Umatilla–English section (starting on pg. 52), and alphabetically by English in the English–Umatilla section (starting on pg. 465).

Entries include the headword (either Sahaptin or English depending on the section), part of speech, translation (either Sahaptin or English depending on the section), and other related terms in both languages. In some entries in the Umatilla–English section there are Nez Perce equivalents and/or cognates included where applicable. In entries about animals, plants, and other biological items, the latin name is included.

There are tables throughout the Umatilla–English section offering further grammatical information about Sahaptin.

The grammar includes information about the Sahaptin sound system, verbs, other parts of speech, complex sentences, and alphabet. There is a brief section on Nez Perce on pg. 19. There are included lists of Sahaptin parts of speech, such as pronouns, nouns, and kinship terms among others. There are several Sahaptin texts which have been translated, starting on pg. 41.

Other Features

Feature	Included	More Information
Guide to use and understand	✅	Within the section Shape of Entries pg. 50-51
Audio	❌
Images	❌	Included images are not related to entries
Example phrases	✅
Speakers marked	❌
Dialects marked	✅	Marked with abbreviations as detailed on pg. 51

Other Notes

This dictionary is also available as a website from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

External Links

Available for purchase through University of Washington Press for USD $55.00: https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295994284/umatilla-dictionary/

Reference on WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org/title/881720336

A review by Paul D. Kroeber (2014) in Anthropological Linguistics, Vol. 56, No. 3-4: https://muse-jhu-edu.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/article/597607

Website version from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation: https://dictionary.ctuir.org