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You entered the Bridgeport dialect of Numu (Northern Paiute) and paiute in English
- A'waggoo Dukadu Bridgeport Paiute people
- Koodza Duka'a Mono Lake Paiute people
- Kooyooe Dukadu Pyramid Lake Paiute people
- numu person, Indian person, Paiute
- Ona Dukadu Coleville Paiute people
- Pogi Dukadu Bridgeport Paiute people
- Taboosse Dukadu Yerington Paiute people
- Toe Dukadu Fallon Paiute people
- Way Dukadu Bridgeport Paiute people
- Wea Dukadu Yosemite Paiute People
kwana, v.
smell
Examples
- kwana "smell" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
- Tonega'a kwanapunnedu.The flower smells.(Spoken by Grace Dick)
- Tonega'a pesa kwanapunnedu.The flower smells good.(Spoken by Grace Dick)
- Hooba pesa kwanapunnedu.The soup smells good.(Spoken by Grace Dick)
- Tonega'a suda kwanadu.The flower smells bad.(Spoken by Grace Dick)
- O soomoo'a o skoo paa'away katunna yise wetooa tu ggwo kobaggway tu booe, ki tubu tu booe tu ggwana tubu katu.He forgot he sat down in the water, and the pail is on top of his head and eyes, he looks like he can't see, sitting.(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
Related words
durative kwanna
Other pronunciations
kwa'na
Examples
- kwa'na'yoo "smell (durative)" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
- kwanna'yoo "smell (durative)" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
- suta kwanna'yoo "smell bad (duratve)" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
- Oosoo kwanna.He's smelly.(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
- Edze'e kwanase, yise yaahoo tuggwesoo kwanna.Yesterday, the boy smelled, and now he still smells.(Spoken by Edith McCann)
- "Esoo nana'a buno'o pesa kwanna, yise sukoo paape egwenna, mogoonna.""This young man smells good, he smells like pinenut soup, because he has it in his mouth."(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
Derivative words and phrases
- kwanadu "perfume"