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

tooamobe, n.

children

Derived from: -be "absolutive suffix"

Examples

  • tooamobe "children" (Spoken by Morris Jack)
  • waha'yoo tooamobe "two children" (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)
  • Moo'asoo numme dooamobeno numme.
    A long time ago when we were kids.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Yaa esoo nana'a eka tuubedzo'ne yaatoo tuba umu tooamobe ke'a.
    The young man made the old woman give the children pinenuts.
    (Spoken by Morris Jack)
  • Nuu e bea tooamobeno nasoodduhaykwu.
    I pray for my family.
    (Spoken by Morris Jack)
  • Soo nana manegeggoo tooamobeno te'ate'a.
    The man played with five children.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)

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