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

pehabe, n.

sugar

Derived from: -be "absolutive suffix"

Examples

  • pehabe "sugar" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • pehabe "sugar" (Spoken by Elaine Lundy)
  • pehabe "sugar" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • pehabe manaka "measure sugar" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

Related words

bare stem  peha

Examples

  • peha gamma "sweet, taste sweet" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • peha gammadu "jam, jelly" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • pehaga'yoo tukaba "cake" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Esoo tsua'a ka pehagaggoo tukanna yise soo naatse'e buno'o obedasoo pu tuka buno'o.
    While the girl is eating cookies, the boy is eating quickly.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Nuu ka naatse'e ha'a'yoo ka peha gammadu tukanna.
    I bawl the boy out when he eats sweets.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Susumana peha gamma susumana dooazoo numu ddubba yukwe.
    Sometimes they taste sweet, and sometimes they are sour.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

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