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

hooopu, n.

river

Derived from: hooo "flow", -bu "absolutive suffix"

Examples

  • hooopu "river" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • paba hooopu "big river" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Taatsumu'yoo hooopu patseotaggway hoobooyoo.
    Seven rivers flow into the lake.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Taatsumu'yoo hooopu eka paawaytoo hoobooyoo.
    Seven rivers flow into the lake.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Sumukado'opu agi hooopudoo mea'a.
    Nine trout swam upstream.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Sogomeanna nuu hooopuwaytoo nuu paggweggagga'a.
    I walked to the river to catch fish.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yaa ka hooopuwaytoo hanno mabetseabeggwadde, tu ddogganno, nababetse'a.
    They're hurrying up to get into that pond, with his dog, they're hurrying.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

Related words

bare stem  hooo

Examples

  • hooo paggwe "minnow" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

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