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

mahane, v.

take care of, care for

Derived from: ma- "with hand or arm (instrumental prefix)", hane "do"

Examples

  • Unutse'e sumu hebenna yise ki numme mahanedu tu dooamu.
    He drank a lot by himself, and didn't really take care of his kids.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Oohoo sabbu yise e maama'a yise mahane buno'o.
    So then my mom raised me.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)

Related words

durative  mahanne

Examples

  • mahanne "take care of, care for (durative)" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • E mahanne.
    They took care of me.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)

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