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You entered the Bridgeport dialect of Numu (Northern Paiute) and paiute in English
- A'waggoo Dukadu Bridgeport Paiute people
- Koodza Duka'a Mono Lake Paiute people
- Kooyooe Dukadu Pyramid Lake Paiute people
- numu person, Indian person, Paiute
- Ona Dukadu Coleville Paiute people
- Pogi Dukadu Bridgeport Paiute people
- Taboosse Dukadu Yerington Paiute people
- Toe Dukadu Fallon Paiute people
- Way Dukadu Bridgeport Paiute people
- Wea Dukadu Yosemite Paiute People
pesabe, v.
like, want
Examples
- Wea nuu pesabehoo.I like acorns.(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
- Pesabewunnu.I like it.(Spoken by Edith McCann)
- Mu ddibo ki numu...somay of thaym tibo ki numu pesabedu.Some of the white people don't like the People (Paiute people).(Spoken by Edith McCann)
- Esoo nana ka tuutseggoo dogga o batsanna ki nuu pesabeno o sutaggate.The man killing the little dog made me angry.(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
- Esoo tseadamu e besabenna wadzemeahoo.I girl I like ran away.(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
Related words
durative pesape
Examples
- pesape "like (durative)" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
- Wea nuu pesape.I like acorns.(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
- Nuu eka hooope pesape eka nana'a wetsemoo'oo.I like the stick the young man is hitting the ball with.(Spoken by Morris Jack)
- Yaa wea nuu pesape.I like acorns.(Spoken by Edith McCann)
- Ki nuu pesape nana.I don't like the man.(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
- Eka nana nuu ki pesape.I don't like the man.(Spoken by Edith McCann)
Derivative words and phrases
- ki numu pezabedu "prejudiced person"