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

sayba, n.

cattail

Derived from: -ba "absolutive suffix"

Examples

  • sayba "cattail" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • sayba "cattail" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • saybadooha "under the cattails" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Eka pa'mogo buno'o kooyaa kwuna'a peduhoo skoo sayaybadooha katu mu boonekatu.
    The frog comes from a long ways and sits under the tule.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Kayaa ka sayba pedaggooba katu.
    The frog is sitting there below the cattails.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Meetse'eggoo saybadooa katu.
    (It) sat under the short cattail.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Waa'we ma paa'adame, saybadame umu kononna.
    They're going down a hill into the water and are standing in the cattails.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yise ka sayba how sabbu yugwekwuse ma tobono mee waa'we matame.
    They are going down towards the cattails and I wonder what they are going to do with it.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)