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

naa, v.

grow

Examples

  • pudu naadu wahabu "new grass" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • How sabbu e wo naakwu.
    My hair might grow back.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • E wo how sabbu naakwusoo.
    My hair might grow back.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • E wo maysoo naakwu.
    My hair will grow back.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Nuu oo suddobbooehoo e wo maysoo naakwu.
    I know my hair will grown back.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Pesa naakwu soo penaynoots mee unaggwe'yoo.
    He would say that the pinenuts have grown well.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)

Related words

durative  na'a

Examples

  • Esoo nana'a oona esoo kootsoo napatsannagway na'a onaba.
    The place where the young man killed the cow is far away.
    (Spoken by Morris Jack)
  • Soo wahabu pudu nna'a.
    The grass is just growing.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Soo naatse'e moossooe na'a.
    The boy's facial hair is growing.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

Derivative words and phrases