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You entered the Bridgeport dialect of Numu (Northern Paiute) and paiute in English
- A'waggoo Dukadu Bridgeport Paiute people
- Koodza Duka'a Mono Lake Paiute people
- Kooyooe Dukadu Pyramid Lake Paiute people
- numu person, Indian person, Paiute
- Ona Dukadu Coleville Paiute people
- Pogi Dukadu Bridgeport Paiute people
- Taboosse Dukadu Yerington Paiute people
- Toe Dukadu Fallon Paiute people
- Way Dukadu Bridgeport Paiute people
- Wea Dukadu Yosemite Paiute People
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
- nana manebu "show off"
- nana oonedu "boaster"
- nanaana dzasumudu "prostitute"
- nanasoo unaggwe "brag "