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

nanaana, n.

men (middle-aged )

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)

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