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

kuubbu, n.

prairie dog

Derived from: -bu "absolutive suffix"

Examples

  • kuubbu "prairie dog" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Yise yaahoo yise naatse'e ka a ddoggwaytoo boonenna [soo] hee sabbu [may] tsepooge [ka] kuubbu wa'ne taboo'a.
    The little boy was looking at the den...something came out of there looking like a prairie dog.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Soo kuubbu buno'o mama mu mooemaggwunnunna sooa'e.
    The prairie dog is still standing there laughing at them searching.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Kuubbuganna dooazoo.
    And hunting prairie dogs, too.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Oh yayah, kuubbu yise hanenna.
    Oh yeah, getting the prairie dogs.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Kuubbu yayah ewatse'yoo.
    Prairie dogs, yeah, so many of them.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)