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

paatusooba, n.

star

Derived from: -ba "absolutive suffix"

Other pronunciations

patutseba

Examples

  • patutseba "star" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • Nuu paatusooba nuu poone.
    I saw a star.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Pa'addu nuu paatusooba poone.
    I saw a star in the sky.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Paatoosooba, yayah.
    Stars, yeah.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Hayoo paatusoobawaytoo unewunnukwu, hayoo unenna umu na'atse'e?
    What are we going to say about the stars, what are they saying, those boys?
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Paatusooba mee sabbu unenna.
    That's what they would say about the stars.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)