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

tumu, v.

buy, sell

Examples

  • tukaba tumukwu "sell food (irrealis)" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • tumu'u "buy" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • tumudu "buyer" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Umu pooggoo tumuhoo.
    They bought you a horse.
    (Spoken by Morris Jack)
  • Nuu tamme tunna tumugakwu.
    I will buy food.
    (Spoken by Morris Jack)
  • Tubama dumudu nuu boonne.
    I see the buyer of the pinenuts.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Nuu oo bezape tubama dumudu.
    I like the buyer of the pinenuts.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Ka tuba dumudu nuu pezape.
    I like the buyer of the pinenuts.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

Related words

durative  tumu'u

Examples

  • Oma tumu'u?
    Were they selling them?
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Aha, oma tumu'u.
    Yeah, they were selling them.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Soo numu a ddumu'u too'e hemma Gracay madabbooenna.
    The people bought whatever Grace made.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Haga pooggoo uu tumu'uhoo?
    Whose horse did you buy?
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Haga sabbu ka pooggoo tumu'u?
    Whose horse did (you) buy?
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

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