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

mane, v.

do, become

Other pronunciations

manay

Examples

  • nana manebu "show off" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • nana manebu "show off" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • nana manebu "show off" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • poenabe manekwu "act as chief, do chief's duties (irrealis)" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • 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)
  • Moo'asoo numme too'e howdu manedu yise.
    A long time ago we did everything.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Uu tuba woaytsemmenna o kwazunna paba [paba] manaykase namayakenna yise o poo'eggweddaanna.
    As you watch the pinenuts cook and get big, you mix them around, the green ones.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Nuu kiba manay.
    I'm tired.
    (Spoken by Morris Jack)

Related words

durative  manne

Other pronunciations

mannay

Examples

  • ki soname mannay "go crazy (durative)" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Yise soo [umu yise sukoo] oohoo mu yugwese, yise soo tuhudda yise sukoo mu sobbedaggwatoo how mannay mu ddooamu.
    That's what happened, the deer knew what happened to the children.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • A nadukanno mannay.
    It's time to eat.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)

Derivative words and phrases