Dictionary Search Results — Northern Paiute Language Project

yugwe, v.

do, happen

And E thenk umu tibo ggisoo suka ki numu pesape ka ki togge ka teepu yugwese buno'o.

And I think the White people still don't like the Indians, after they mined the land.

(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
Yise yaahooggweno'o mu dooamobe tibo ddooamu buno'o umu moo'asoo oo namayugwedu dooamu tuggwesoo umu...umu... lekay Dzodze.

And the white kids would do it to the Indian kids...they still do it, like to George.

(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
Yise soo naatse'e buno'o sudanna tu mi how yugwepunne buno'o ki o pesabe.

The boy got angry and raised his hands because he didn't like it.

(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
Yise ka sayba how sabbu yugwekwuse ma tobono mee waa'we matame.

They are going down towards the cattails and I wonder what they are going to do with it.

(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
Yise tabboo'oo sutanna, unu sutanna ggise sukoo ka taba kado'oyugwekwu mee.

The cottontail is angry, very angry and he says he's going to get rid of the sun.

(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

Yise ka jaylly madabbooenna yise how yukwe uu?

Making jelly, what do you do?

(Spoken by Edith McCann)
Oh yayah. Oohooggwayno'o numu yukwe mu tibo moo'asoo

That's what the White people used to do to the Indians a long time ago.

(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
Yise ooka a bbuhu edzagabu hanenna, ona yise sukoo a hanne, a bbuhu kado'o yukwe.

It's easy to scrape the hide, you do that and it cleans the hide off.

(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
Nuu ki uwenna soo naatse'e yise too'e how e yukwe.

When I am not sleeping sleep, the boy bothers me.

(Spoken by Edith McCann)
Tuba'a nuu kuddenna nuu yise soo huggwapa yise ka sutaggoo kado'o yukwe'yoo.

I clean the pinenuts, then the wind gets rid of what you don't want.

(Spoken by Edith McCann)