Dictionary Search Results — Northern Paiute Language Project

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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

wo, n.

head, hair

Other pronunciations

kwo, ggwo

Examples

ggwo sebakwu "shave hair (irrealis)" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
kwo "head, hair" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
o ggwo sepa "shave his/her hair (durative)" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
toha ggwo kwe'na'a "bald eagle" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
toha ggwo kwe'na'a "bald eagle" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
tu ggwo sebakwu "shave one's head, hair" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
tu ggwo tseka'a "cut one's hair (durative)" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
watse woki "have gray hair" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
womana "around head" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
wo notsu "hair brush" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
u ggwo "your hair" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
u ggwo "your hair" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
u ggwo "your hair" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
u ggwo "your hair" (Spoken by Elaine Lundy)

Kwo pesa nuumma.

The hair feels good.

(Spoken by Grace Dick)
O soomoo'a o skoo paa'away katunna yise wetooa tu ggwo kobaggway tu booe, ki tubu tu booe tu ggwana tubu katu.

He forgot he sat down in the water, and the pail is on top of his head and eyes, he looks like he can't see, sitting.

(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
Ka wetooa tu ggwo kobaggway hannenna ska pa'mogo too'aykanna pa'mogo buno'o meahoo.

He has the pail on his head and he tries to catch the frog, but it left.

(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
Esoo togga buno'o [eka] eka pa'mogo puggway katunna tu ggwoggooba hanenna.

(Spoken by Edith McCann)
Habehoobetu ooma manno yise katu tu doggatse o ggwokooba katu, yaa paa'away.

Then over there his dog was sitting on this head, in the water.

(Spoken by Edith McCann)

Derivative words and phrases