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

nana, n.

man (middle-aged)

Examples

  • nana "man" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • nana hooggammu "man's legs" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • nana manebu "show off" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • nana manebu "show off" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • nana manebu "show off" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • nana nodo'o "man's shirt" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • unu ohoba nana "very strong man" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • And thay lettlay kedu says, "Hemma meaka'ay, nanasoo mane meaka'ay?"
    And the little kidü says, "What's that walking around, walking around like a man?"
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • "Hee [masooma] meano'o nanasoo maneno'o?"
    What's that walking over there, walking like a man?
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Esoo nana nuumma.
    The man was sick.
    (Spoken by Morris Jack)
  • Esoo nana nuumma.
    This man is sick.
    (Spoken by Morris Jack)
  • Esoo nana kootsoo tukase nuummahoo.
    The man got sick from the meat.
    (Spoken by Morris Jack)

Related words

plural  nanaana

Other pronunciations

naana

Examples

  • waha'yoo nanaana "two men" (Spoken by Morris Jack)
  • "Ki numu nakanna ka nanaana ona meaka'ay ki napedze'a," mee unaggwe.
    "You didn't listen to us when the man was walking around, you didn't show respect," they said.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Meehoo [meehoo] umu unaggwe, "Nanaana ona meaka ki napedzeanna."
    That's what they say, "The men who walked around, you made fun of them."
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yise, "Penaggwu nanaana ona meanna [ki] ki o napedzeapaana."
    "Next time the men who are walking around, don't make fun of them."
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Ka nanaana sobbedaggwatoo.
    I know this man.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Eka nanaana yadoo'e.
    I talk to the men.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

Derivative words and phrases