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

toohooggweddaadu, n.

black

Derived from: -ggweddaa "color verbalizer", -du "subject nominalizer"

Examples

  • toohooggweddaadu "black" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • toohooggweddaadu padooa'a "black bear" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • toohooggweddaadu suube "black willow" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Paa'amma ookabaggway mooweahoose yise sukoo o pesa hane osoo a mooweahoose yise ka tu mimma yise sukoo tukabamma yise oo gguddenna ka toohooggweddadu ma'wo'neggwunay'ay.
    You sprinkle the flour with water, and when it gets good with your hand you have to clean the flour, brushing the black stuff away.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yise nuu netamakwu paba'yoo padooa'a, paba'yoo toohooggweddaadu padooa'a, unutse'e paba'yoo.
    Now I'm going to tell you about a big bear, a big, black bear.
    (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • Toohooggweddaadu massatoga'yoo.
    She has black gloves.
    (Spoken by Grace Dick)

Related words

bare stem  toohoo

Other pronunciations

tooo

Examples

  • toohoo pooeki "have black eyes" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • toohooddayhoo "become bruised (punctual)" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yise how sabbu oohoo ggise sukoo tooo kwutaga'yoo.
    That's how the cottontail got a black neck.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Soo nana toohoo ggwoki.
    That man has black hair.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • E toohooddaynna kadumanayka.
    My bruise has gone away.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • U bbooe toohooddaypu.
    You got a black eye.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • E booe toohooddayhoo soo nana mike e doonahoose.
    The man hit me and I got a black eye.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

Derivative words and phrases