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

kemma, v.

come, enter

Examples

  • kemma "come" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • kemmahoo "come (punctual)" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • nobeggway kemma "enter a house" (Spoken by Morris Jack)
  • Taboo'oo kemmanno'odooe nanekoe, ki napedzeanna kedu dooamobe.
    The cottontail kept on coming, and they were laughing, making fun of him, the groundhog kids.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • And thayn kemmano'odooenna naka sutagguno'o.
    He kept on coming and he got mad at what he heard.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yise soo taboo'oo oemagganna kemmano'o.
    Then the cottontail kept on coming.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yaa kemmahoogehaynna numme.
    We were comming here.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Yise nuu petuhoo tawnaway kemmadu.
    Then, I arrived, coming from town.
    (Spoken by Grace Dick)

Related words

plural  kema'a

Examples

  • Ewa'yoo numu kema'a.
    A lot of people came.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)

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