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

poo'eggweddaadu, n.

blue, green

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

Other pronunciations

pooegaadu, poo'eggweddanna

Examples

  • poo'eggweddaadu wo'abe "green worm" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • pooegaadu "green" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • pooegaadu teepu "green grassland" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • Uu tuba woaytsemmenna o kwazunna paba [paba] manaykase namayakenna yise o poo'eggweddaanna.
    As you watch the pinenuts cook and get big, you mix them around, the green ones.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yise namayake oo skoo uu a kaanno'oso poo'eggweddanna yise.
    Now you mix them around together while they're still in the cone, the green ones.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

Related words

bare stem  poo'e

Examples

  • pooheddaypu "green" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Esoo katunnoo pooeduwaddu.
    This chair is blue.
    (Spoken by Morris Jack)
  • Pooeggaggoo.
    Green (pinecones).
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

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