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

kowpa, n.

leg, upper leg, thigh

Derived from: -ba "absolutive suffix"

Examples

  • kowpa "leg" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • kowpa "leg" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • kowpa "leg" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • "Yise tu kowpa yise sukoo paa'agoobaggway hanne."
    "I will put my leg over the water."
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • "Passaggaddoo tu kowpa."
    "I will make a bridge with my leg."
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Ono yise tukwadduhoo, tu kowpa tukwadduhoo.
    There she pulled it back, pulled her leg back.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • E kowpa tobbo'nehoo.
    My leg is cramping.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Hee sabbu e gwuehoo e gowpama.
    Something bit me on my leg.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)