Cayuse language

Cayuse is an extinct unclassified language once spoken by the Cayuse people (autonym: Liksiyu) of Oregon.

Waiilatpuan family
The first written vocabulary of the Cayuse language was published by Horatio Hale in 1846. As a member of the United States Exploring Expedition, he had visited the Pacific Northwest in 1841. Missionary Marcus Whitman was credited for providing "much valuable information" about the Cayuse people and other natives nearby Waiilatpu. In his Waiilatpuan language family, Hale put Cayuse and the Molala language as the sole members.

In 1910 or 1911, Stephens Savage, a Molala speaker, had told Leo Frachtenberg that the following five words were identical in both Cayuse and Molala:
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 * sorrel horse || qasqasi tasiwitkwi
 * spotted horse || yuꞏk tasiwitkwi
 * black horse || múkimuki tasiwitkwi
 * comb || taꞏsps
 * spoon || ƚúꞏpinc
 * }
 * comb || taꞏsps
 * spoon || ƚúꞏpinc
 * }
 * }

In 1929 Edward Sapir grouped Cayuse with Molala as part of the Waiilatpuan branch of the Plateau Penutian languages.

Bruce Rigsby reexamined the Cayuse-Molala lexical pairs provided by Hale in 1969 and found only a tenth to be potentially related terms. Whitman was credited as the origin of the Waiilatpuan linguistic family. The words presented by Savage were concluded by Rigsby to likely be loanwords. Upon his review of extant Molala and Cayuse linguistic data, Rigsby concluded "I do not see how the two languages could have possibly been mutually intelligible."

Pronouns
Cayuse pronouns listed by Hale:
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 * I || iniŋ
 * you (sg.) || nikí
 * you (du.) || nkímiš
 * he || nip
 * we || námək
 * you (pl.) || mkímiš
 * they || nípik
 * }
 * we || námək
 * you (pl.) || mkímiš
 * they || nípik
 * }
 * they || nípik
 * }

Cayuse pronouns listed by McBean:
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 * I || in ning
 * you (sg., pl.) || in kai
 * he || neepe
 * we || nung naw naw
 * they || cap pick
 * }
 * we || nung naw naw
 * they || cap pick
 * }
 * }

Verbs
Cayuse verb paradigms documented by Henry W. Henshaw:
 * 'hungry'
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 * I am hungry. || wi-tu-tŭnt
 * I was hungry. || kler-ka-wĭ-tu-tŭnt
 * I will be hungry. || wí-tu-näk-sŭnt
 * You and I are hungry. || swi-tu-ter-yìk
 * You and I were hungry. || swi-tu-te-lì-kai-ĭk
 * You and I will be hungry. || nĭng-i-li-pʔl-swi-tu-nak-stunk-a-wak
 * You are hungry. || tu-swi-tu-tuñg-a
 * You were hungry. || swi-tu-til-kutla
 * You will be hungry. || swi-tu-nak-stung-at-la
 * }
 * You and I will be hungry. || nĭng-i-li-pʔl-swi-tu-nak-stunk-a-wak
 * You are hungry. || tu-swi-tu-tuñg-a
 * You were hungry. || swi-tu-til-kutla
 * You will be hungry. || swi-tu-nak-stung-at-la
 * }
 * You will be hungry. || swi-tu-nak-stung-at-la
 * }
 * }


 * 'thirsty'
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 * I am thirsty. || nĭs-ka-mu-tiñg
 * I was thirsty. || nĭs-ka-mu-til
 * I will be thirsty. || nĭs-ka-mu-näk-skĭn
 * You are thirsty. || tu-mĭs-ka-mu-tĭñg
 * You were thirsty. || mĭs-ka-mu-til-hă
 * You will be thirsty. || mĭs-ka-mu-na-stĭnk-la
 * }
 * You were thirsty. || mĭs-ka-mu-til-hă
 * You will be thirsty. || mĭs-ka-mu-na-stĭnk-la
 * }
 * You will be thirsty. || mĭs-ka-mu-na-stĭnk-la
 * }

Vocabulary
Limited lexical items in Cayuse have been collected by Rigsby, Melville Jacobs, Verne Ray, and Theodore Stern. Their Cayuse informants had highly limited knowledge of the language and were more fluent in either Sahaptin or Nez Perce.

Hale
A word list of Cayuse with nearby 200 lexical items was documented by Hale. The word list has been reproduced below.

Nouns

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! gloss !! Cayuse
 * man || yúant
 * woman || pintχlkaíu; watχlóa
 * boy || láutlaŋ
 * girl || staítχləŋ; staítlaŋ
 * infant; child || skútχla
 * father || pintét; títʃa
 * mother || penín; nínʃa
 * husband || ináiu
 * wife || inχlkaío
 * son || wái
 * daughter || wái
 * brother || pnákən; pənátaŋ
 * sister || pənátiaŋ; pənwaíəq
 * Indian; people || -
 * head || talʃ; táəlʃ
 * hair || tχlókomot
 * face || léequkʃ
 * forehead || penátχliʃ
 * ear || takʃ
 * eye || hăkaməʃ
 * nose || pitχlóken
 * mouth || səmqakʃ
 * tongue || puʃ
 * teeth || tenif
 * beard || ʃimkéməʃ
 * neck || yet
 * arm || tiélaq
 * hand || épip
 * fingers || épip
 * nails || ʃíŋiʃ
 * body || ʃilăməʃ
 * leg || maúwət
 * foot || tiʃ
 * toes || tiyəyáu
 * bone || pápət
 * heart || -
 * blood || tiwéə̈ʃ
 * town; village || -
 * chief || iatóiaŋ
 * warrior || lotéwa
 * friend || enlápoit
 * house || niʃt
 * kettle || tχlípaniʃ
 * bow || hífoit
 * arrow || lalχ
 * axe; hatchet || yeŋgókinʃ
 * knife || ʃekt
 * canoe; boat || tχláap
 * shoes || täítχlo
 * pipe || iptnχlónʃ
 * tobacco || hanʃ
 * sky; heaven || ndjălawaía, tíŋpap
 * sun || huéwiʃ
 * moon || hátχltóp
 * star || tχlítχliʃ
 * day || ewéiə̈
 * night || ftalp
 * light || notawásim
 * darkness || ʃilímtiŋk
 * morning || tétχlpəna
 * evening || wəχaía
 * spring || ʃuatoluŋátntiŋ; kiátim
 * summer || ʃqáätim
 * autumn || təŋ
 * winter || wit
 * wind || húntilχp
 * thunder || tiŋtululutéʃin
 * lightning || ʃniktawíŋtiŋ
 * rain || tiʃtkitχlmítiŋ
 * snow || pói
 * hail || puŋiós
 * fire || tetʃ
 * water || iʃkáiniʃ
 * ice || tók
 * earth; land || liŋʃ
 * sea || yamué-iʃkaíniʃ
 * river || luʃmi
 * lake || fuŋʃ
 * valley || paniákp
 * hill; mountain || téit
 * island || liŋtkaíli
 * stone || ápit
 * salt || kamtiʃímpen
 * iron || qauqauítχliínik
 * tree || laúik
 * wood || hútiʃ
 * leaf || qaisós
 * bark || pétimi
 * grass || tχleft; qə́ïʃt
 * pine || laúikʃ
 * flesh; meat || pítχli
 * dog || náapaŋ
 * buffalo || -
 * bear || liméakʃ; nokoláo
 * wolf || tχlaíu; tsóilaχs
 * deer || aitχléwa
 * elk || yútiŋʃ
 * beaver || pīeká
 * tortoise || atsík
 * fly || tqaínʃiʃ; katχlísaŋ
 * mosquito || píŋkii
 * snake || waíimaʃ
 * bird || tianíyiwa
 * egg || lópitχl
 * feathers || tiaqaímutχl
 * wings || haŋ
 * duck || əʃimtχl
 * pigeon || súuku
 * fish || wiaíiʃ
 * salmon || milóqli
 * sturgeon || -
 * name || peʃp
 * affection || atíŋp; tiʃktaʃewetáuŋko
 * }
 * light || notawásim
 * darkness || ʃilímtiŋk
 * morning || tétχlpəna
 * evening || wəχaía
 * spring || ʃuatoluŋátntiŋ; kiátim
 * summer || ʃqáätim
 * autumn || təŋ
 * winter || wit
 * wind || húntilχp
 * thunder || tiŋtululutéʃin
 * lightning || ʃniktawíŋtiŋ
 * rain || tiʃtkitχlmítiŋ
 * snow || pói
 * hail || puŋiós
 * fire || tetʃ
 * water || iʃkáiniʃ
 * ice || tók
 * earth; land || liŋʃ
 * sea || yamué-iʃkaíniʃ
 * river || luʃmi
 * lake || fuŋʃ
 * valley || paniákp
 * hill; mountain || téit
 * island || liŋtkaíli
 * stone || ápit
 * salt || kamtiʃímpen
 * iron || qauqauítχliínik
 * tree || laúik
 * wood || hútiʃ
 * leaf || qaisós
 * bark || pétimi
 * grass || tχleft; qə́ïʃt
 * pine || laúikʃ
 * flesh; meat || pítχli
 * dog || náapaŋ
 * buffalo || -
 * bear || liméakʃ; nokoláo
 * wolf || tχlaíu; tsóilaχs
 * deer || aitχléwa
 * elk || yútiŋʃ
 * beaver || pīeká
 * tortoise || atsík
 * fly || tqaínʃiʃ; katχlísaŋ
 * mosquito || píŋkii
 * snake || waíimaʃ
 * bird || tianíyiwa
 * egg || lópitχl
 * feathers || tiaqaímutχl
 * wings || haŋ
 * duck || əʃimtχl
 * pigeon || súuku
 * fish || wiaíiʃ
 * salmon || milóqli
 * sturgeon || -
 * name || peʃp
 * affection || atíŋp; tiʃktaʃewetáuŋko
 * }
 * wood || hútiʃ
 * leaf || qaisós
 * bark || pétimi
 * grass || tχleft; qə́ïʃt
 * pine || laúikʃ
 * flesh; meat || pítχli
 * dog || náapaŋ
 * buffalo || -
 * bear || liméakʃ; nokoláo
 * wolf || tχlaíu; tsóilaχs
 * deer || aitχléwa
 * elk || yútiŋʃ
 * beaver || pīeká
 * tortoise || atsík
 * fly || tqaínʃiʃ; katχlísaŋ
 * mosquito || píŋkii
 * snake || waíimaʃ
 * bird || tianíyiwa
 * egg || lópitχl
 * feathers || tiaqaímutχl
 * wings || haŋ
 * duck || əʃimtχl
 * pigeon || súuku
 * fish || wiaíiʃ
 * salmon || milóqli
 * sturgeon || -
 * name || peʃp
 * affection || atíŋp; tiʃktaʃewetáuŋko
 * }
 * mosquito || píŋkii
 * snake || waíimaʃ
 * bird || tianíyiwa
 * egg || lópitχl
 * feathers || tiaqaímutχl
 * wings || haŋ
 * duck || əʃimtχl
 * pigeon || súuku
 * fish || wiaíiʃ
 * salmon || milóqli
 * sturgeon || -
 * name || peʃp
 * affection || atíŋp; tiʃktaʃewetáuŋko
 * }
 * pigeon || súuku
 * fish || wiaíiʃ
 * salmon || milóqli
 * sturgeon || -
 * name || peʃp
 * affection || atíŋp; tiʃktaʃewetáuŋko
 * }
 * sturgeon || -
 * name || peʃp
 * affection || atíŋp; tiʃktaʃewetáuŋko
 * }
 * affection || atíŋp; tiʃktaʃewetáuŋko
 * }

Adjectives

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! gloss !! Cayuse
 * white || tχlaktχláko
 * black || ʃkupʃkúpu
 * red || lakaítlakaítu
 * blue || yotsyóts
 * yellow || qəʃqə́ʃu
 * green || yotsyóts
 * great || yaúmua; yiyímu (pl.)
 * small || etsáŋua
 * strong || ntáloa; naantáloa
 * old || kuiátsu
 * young || itsáŋu
 * good || suaíu; sasuáiu (pl.)
 * bad || luastu; laluástu (pl.)
 * handsome || hapútsu; suaíu
 * ugly || huástu
 * alive || wióko
 * dead || úwaa
 * cold || ʃúŋa
 * warm || lokóia
 * }
 * young || itsáŋu
 * good || suaíu; sasuáiu (pl.)
 * bad || luastu; laluástu (pl.)
 * handsome || hapútsu; suaíu
 * ugly || huástu
 * alive || wióko
 * dead || úwaa
 * cold || ʃúŋa
 * warm || lokóia
 * }
 * alive || wióko
 * dead || úwaa
 * cold || ʃúŋa
 * warm || lokóia
 * }
 * cold || ʃúŋa
 * warm || lokóia
 * }
 * }

Pronouns

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! gloss !! Cayuse
 * I || íniŋ
 * thou || nikí
 * he || nip
 * we || námək
 * ye || mkímiʃ; nkímiʃ (dual)
 * they || nípik
 * this || qe, qă, ke
 * that || qá, ká
 * all || naŋináo
 * many (much) || yíphea
 * who || iʃ
 * }
 * this || qe, qă, ke
 * that || qá, ká
 * all || naŋináo
 * many (much) || yíphea
 * who || iʃ
 * }
 * many (much) || yíphea
 * who || iʃ
 * }
 * who || iʃ
 * }

Adverbs and others

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! gloss !! Cayuse
 * near || piáfi
 * today || páməŋ
 * yesterday || iétin
 * tomorrow || tetχlp
 * yes || i
 * no || téehu
 * }
 * tomorrow || tetχlp
 * yes || i
 * no || téehu
 * }
 * no || téehu
 * }

Numerals

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! gloss !! Cayuse
 * one || na
 * two || lépli
 * three || mátnin
 * four || pípiŋ
 * five || táwit
 * six || nōiná
 * seven || nóilip
 * eight || nōimát
 * nine || tanáuiaiʃímʃim
 * ten || niŋítelp
 * eleven || nántetχle
 * twelve || leplin-ntétχle
 * twenty || lépuik
 * thirty || mátuík
 * one hundred || niŋítalpuík
 * one thousand || -
 * }
 * nine || tanáuiaiʃímʃim
 * ten || niŋítelp
 * eleven || nántetχle
 * twelve || leplin-ntétχle
 * twenty || lépuik
 * thirty || mátuík
 * one hundred || niŋítalpuík
 * one thousand || -
 * }
 * thirty || mátuík
 * one hundred || niŋítalpuík
 * one thousand || -
 * }
 * one thousand || -
 * }
 * }

Verbs

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! gloss !! Cayuse
 * to eat || pitáŋa
 * to drink || pasqunstáŋa
 * to run || pqíntuql
 * to dance || iókseak
 * to sing || tuŋséaql
 * to sleep || ʃpíʃiŋql
 * to speak || úlipkin
 * to see || miskaléntənt
 * to love || ktáʃo
 * to kill || piaíitχltiŋ
 * to sit || ifníql; ifníkta
 * to stand || laútsiŋ
 * to go || wintúkstaŋa; wintúql (imp.)
 * to come || wintúkum
 * }
 * to see || miskaléntənt
 * to love || ktáʃo
 * to kill || piaíitχltiŋ
 * to sit || ifníql; ifníkta
 * to stand || laútsiŋ
 * to go || wintúkstaŋa; wintúql (imp.)
 * to come || wintúkum
 * }
 * to stand || laútsiŋ
 * to go || wintúkstaŋa; wintúql (imp.)
 * to come || wintúkum
 * }
 * to come || wintúkum
 * }