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

teepu, n.

earth, soil

Derived from: -bu "absolutive suffix"

Examples

  • atsa teepu "clay" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • atsa teepu "clay" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • pooegaadu teepu "green grassland" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • teepu "earth" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • teepu "soil" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • teepu "earth" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • teepu bbassanna "cement, dried earth" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • teepu bo "dirt road" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • teepu kaahena ta'yukwe "clear land, straighten land" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • teepu kaahena wuyukwe "clear land" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • teepu ohobayaynna "cement, hardened earth" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • teepu wokwatehoo "dump dirt" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • teepu womooedukwe "plough the land (durative)" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • teepu yatsunna "earthquake" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • teepuma mabenna "bury with dirt" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • wahabu teepu "hayfield" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • Teepu yagadu.
    The earth is crying (i.e. a volcano).
    (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • Yaa hubbuggwaytoo paba teepu hanese, o wutaaggese, yise oetoo penaynoots oetoo wokwatekwu.
    We make a big hole in the ground, and we'll dump the pinenuts in there.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann and Madeline Stevens)
  • Teepu wutaaggese yise ka penaynoots oetoo wokwatekwu.
    You make a hole in the ground and dump the pinenuts in there.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann and Madeline Stevens)
  • Saa'a yise ooka sawabe kado'o manayse and thayn teepu okoobatoo wokwatekwu.
    And then when the sagebrush is gone, you dump dirt on it.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann and Madeline Stevens)
  • Udutugguskoo teepu ena.
    And you make the dirt hot.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann and Madeline Stevens)

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