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

-'yoo, aff.

adjectival subject marker

Examples

  • O namayakenna one'yoo.
    That's how you do it.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Pesa'yoo uu.
    You are good.
    (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • Howne'yoo tubbegga'yoo?
    What kind of rock do you have?
    (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • Pududdabbu mokoga'yoo?
    (You) got new shoes?
    (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • Oosoo tubbe paba'yoo.
    That rock is big.
    (Spoken by Morris Jack)

Related words

objective  -ggoo

Other pronunciations

-koo (Burns)

Examples

  • Saa'a o aguhoose buno'o, yise ehogganna, wuduggoo koodoo'oogganna, omama yise sukoo agunna wuta'ne.
    Later, when they have opened up, you have a pinenut hook, a long stick, and you shake out the open ones with it.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yise oka papabaggoo onagaggwaytoo hanneggwunay'ay ka tuba tummawaytoo hanese.
    You take the bigger pieces out and set them aside, then the pinenut goes into the sifting basket.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • pooggoo ki nohoga'yoo
    gelding
    (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • Paa'a unu udutuggoo sogo'oyogo watsegaygeokoo.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Nuu wahaggoo wehe tebogooba tooonna.
    I put two knives on the table.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

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