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

na-, aff.

passive prefix, middle prefix, reciprocal

Examples

  • [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)
  • Yise o'ne yise namamaggwuhoo buno'o soo duba.
    And that's how it's done and it's finished.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Hayoo uu naneaydu?
    What is your name?
    (Spoken by Meg McDonald)
  • Nuu uu natunedooedu katu.
    I am teaching you sitting down.
    (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • Nuu uu numu natunedooedu.
    I am teaching you Paiute.
    (Spoken by Grace Dick)

Related words

plural  nana-

Examples

  • Nanapoonenna aata'a mahoo aata'anna.
    They were sitting there, looking.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yaa yise naatse'e nobeggway petuse yaa o nanaboonekwu paa'awaytoo how nabagea tu nobeggway petuhoose.
    Then, the little boy arrived in his house, and he was going to take a bath.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yaa yise nanapoo'a dooazoo yise nanapoo'agaanna yaana nanekoedu hayoo sabbu netamma naneko'e.
    They are all good friends now, and they are laughing, I don't know what they are laughing at.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Moo'asoo paatusooba ki ewa me'a buno'o nanapedudooe how dudooe managgwe.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Ooka onohoo ggisoo nanaggoehoo soo tuubedzo'ne.
    That old woman would fight with him there.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)

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