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You entered the Burns dialect of Numu (Northern Paiute)

te-, aff.

nonspecific patient (unspecified object)

Examples

  • Tenoonna nemmi himma tekabadu tenoonna neme dekaba tenoonna yaisi tewau himma piikana a naumakwai tuhunanna, uuniku nemmi tenoonna sesema tewau tewematse'a.
    And we packed something for lunch, bread, Indian bread (we) packed for lunch and also in between put some bacon, and sometimes that kind, jam, we prepared.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • Nemmi tenoonna yaisi, yaisi mi mago'o nemmi noo'yuna ya'a mii mi piko na'onakwai nemmi tsakennanna.
    We packed lunch then, and, all of us (had) our bags like so (demonstrating) that we tied around our waist.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • Owiu nemmi ka mi tenoonna haninna.
    That's where we took our lunch.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • Yaisi me ddooga peno'o una peno'o peesu tehoawai, me ddooga.
    And the dogs, too, were out there hunting on their own, those dogs.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • Unau tehoawainna, unakuga tepituhakuga ka me kide mayeu'yainna wohinna miiu enipenni'yakwi.
    Out there while hunting, (they) would find some groundhog, probably under the rocks somewhere out there, and by barking, (they) would continually make noise.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)

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