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You entered the Bridgeport dialect of Numu (Northern Paiute) and paiute in English

tabooa, v.

look like

Other pronunciations

tabua (Burns)

Examples

  • ki tabooakatu "not see" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Esoo togga buno'o ma kwenaggoo how tabooakatu.
    The dog is sitting there looking, however.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Soo pa'mogo sumu kayaa how tabooakatu mu, paa'a enabba.
    The frog is sitting by itself looking somehow, next to the water.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yise o moko yise skoo ma oo nabageanna pedaggwa how tabooaddakweggwadde.
    His shoes are sitting below the tub looking somehow.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yise soo naatse'e buno'o oosoo pa'mogo how [mu] mu masuanna, yaa how tabooapunne soo naatse'e seehoo tuggwa'ne.
    And then the frog scares them and he looks like the little boy is ready to go pee.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Soo tabooadu tuggwunupunne.
    It looks like there's a rainbow.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

Related words

durative  taboo'a

Examples

  • Powmakwu duggwa'ne taboo'a.
    It looks like it is going to rain.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yaa oo taboo'a.
    That's what it looks like there.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Esoo naatse'e yane ggwuunna, paggweggaggaakwu tugwa'ne taboo'a, tu ddoggatse tsakanna.
    This boy with his net looks like he is going to to go fishing, and he is leading his dog along.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Oohoo sabbu mane taboo'a soo naatse'e.
    That's all the boy looks like he's doing.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yaa ba'mogo boone yaa suda mu boone taboo'a buno'o.
    The frog was looking at them funny.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

Derivative words and phrases