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You entered the Bridgeport dialect of Numu (Northern Paiute) and water in English
- haakenoobbu water hemlock
- paa'a water
- paa'a oha'a waterbaby
- paa'a sawabe water rose
- paa'awaytu tonegapu water lily
- paddoose American dipper (water ouzel)
- padzo'o fresh water spring
- pamaka give water
- pasegoku watersnake
- paydda get water
- pehabe paa'a Sweetwater
- waadukudadze watercress
ewa, adj.
many
Examples
- ewa namayake "gather a bunch" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
- ewa tuuggwawunnu "blizzard, snow a lot (progressive)" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
- nuganna ewa tuka "have a powwow" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
- nuganna ewa tukakwu "have a powwow (irrealis)" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
- paa'a ewa kemmanna "flood" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
- suube ewa namayake "gather a bunch of willows" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
- [And thayn] umu kedu dooamo ona suggwaynna ewa'a unepunne ka nakwebanna.And the groundhog kids were hollering, they kept on hollering when they were being spanked.(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
- Pedase ewa pedase yise [koohegwe] ka duba'a kaa oetoo hanne yise.You build a big fire and then throw the pinenut cones in the fire.(Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
- Paa'a ewa manegetu.The water is rising.(Spoken by Morris Jack)
- Paa'a patseotawaytoo hoo'oo patseota ewasoo manegenna.The water is running into the lake and rising.(Spoken by Morris Jack)
- Moo'asoo meatu [or yaagwaytoo] ewa'yoo tuhudda yaatoo.Long ago there were many deer her.(Spoken by Morris Jack)
Derivative words and phrases
- ewatse'yoo "many"
- nuganna ewa tuka "have a powwow"
- paa'a ewa kemmanna "flood"