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

wutuma, v.

close (singular)

Derived from: wu- "with long object (instrumental prefix)", tuma "close"

Examples

  • pepo wutumadu "close book" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • tu bbooe wutuma "close eyes" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • wutuma "close (singular)" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Eka naboo'ne nuu wutumahoo.
    I shut the window.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Naboo'ne nuu wutumahoo.
    I shut the window.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yise soo pa'mogo buno'o tu naggwutumaggway tsebooewunnunna wadzemeaka tuggwa'ne managgwe.
    The frog was trying to climb out of the place he was locked up in.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yise o mmoo'a yise tubooneggwaddese, yise soo naatse'e tu ddoggatseno ka pa'mogo yaahoo; yaa naggwutumaggwaytoo kado'o.
    Tomorrow when they woke up the little boy and his dog discovered the frog was gone, and the place where he was locked up was empty.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Nuu ggisoo naggwutumakwu.
    I might be locked up.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)

Related words

durative  wutumma

Examples

  • Nuu soomoo'a ka naboo'ne ki wutumma.
    I must have forgotten to close the window.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • O namatumapu mama nuu wutumma.
    I closed it by its lid.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

plural  wutumeta

Examples

  • Wahaggoo naboo'ne nuu wutumetahoo.
    I shut two windows.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Opo nuu ewa madabbooese, nuu o namatumapuma wutumeta.
    I made a lot of baskets and closed their lids.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Ewaggoo opo nuu namatumapu onama wutumetahoo.
    I closed a lot of baskets with lids.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Ewaggoo opo nuu mamaggwuhoose, oo wutumetahoo.
    I finsihed many baskets and closed them.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

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