Dictionary Search Results

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

yabba, n.

sweet potato

Derived from: -ba "absolutive suffix"

Other pronunciations

yapa (Burns)

Examples

  • e bedze'e yabba "my mother's sweet potato" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • e naa'a yabba "my father's sweet potato" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • yabba "sweet potato" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • yabba "sweet potato" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Nuu yabba paa'away sa'a.
    I boiled the sweet potato in water.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Nuka yabba ume yabba papaba'yoo.
    My sweet potato is bigger than your sweet potato.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)