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You entered the Burns dialect of Numu (Northern Paiute)
- a one, one's
- aha yes
- akwi shoot
- amamu'a morning
- ata'yu different
- beno'o discourse particle
- dewazu also
- ija enter
- ina here, over here
- isu this
- iwa'yu many
- habi lie down, fall
- hamma older sister
- hani do
- hanno where
- hayu how
- hibi drink
- hii what, something, whatchamacallit
- hima pick up
- himma what
- hoawai hunt
- hudziba bird
- hau how
- hauga somehow
- ja thus
- ka object determiner
- ka evidential, modal particle
- kaa edge
- kadu'u nothing, zero
- kade sit down
- kida carry water
- kide groundhog
- kai not
- kaisu not yet
- kobina front
- kuna wood
- kutsu cow, meat
- koso whistle
- kosso fire
- kaupa leg, upper leg, thigh
- kenna bind, make tight
- kwaya'a far
- kwiba hit
- ma'i do, make
- ma'na'wi do
- mago'o bag
- mamua play a trick
- mani do, become
- masu this, that
- maye find
- mazea grow, spread
- mia go
- mii quotative particle
- mimiketsi'yu short
- mino'o now
- mu'a maternal grandmother
- me you, them
- me plural determiner
- me'na'wi for a long time
- naa grow
- naade plant
- nabo'a dislike
- nadakwinai jump
- nagedze indeed
- naka hear
- nakwa side
- nano together
- nie call
- nicoda awaken, wake up
- nikwigia answer
- nitama say
- noo carry on back
- no'o around
- noo'yu every
- nobia camp, go camping, pack up
- notena cover
- nauma middle
- nemmi walk, travel, visit
- nemmi we, us, our (exclusive)
- neme person, Indian person, Paiute
- nee I
- neemma hurt, feel, be sick
- oono distal temporal demonstrative
- ume you, your, them, their
- uuni that kind
- usu that
- oosu that
- owi there
- pa'a up, above
- paa'a water
- paana however, but
- paba'yu big
- padu'i water
- panitanai dump
- passa dry
- pazagwa mud
- pia mother
- piabe female
- pida make fire
- pide arrive (singular)
- pidzabi fix
- pigi gelatinous, mucus material
- piko waist
- pinakwa next
- pisa'yu good, happy
- pitogo trade
- pitsa'a pieces
- pai beckon
- poo road
- podo digging stick
- pongica skunk
- pongosa arrow
- puni see
- puya climb
- pea'a friend
- pedu play
- pehe raw hide, fur
- pee emphatic pronoun
- saa'a then, later
- sakwa must, could
- sapa modal particle
- sawabi sagebrush
- su subject determiner
- su'nami think
- sue laugh
- suhani plan
- supica think, wonder
- supidakwadu know, realize, find out
- se'a'i get scared, be afraid
- se'me only
- seme'yu one
- sesema sometimes
- seebi willow
- taa we, us
- tabi day
- tabi hillside
- tabi be laying down
- tabu'u cottontail rabbit
- tabea look like
- tammi we, us, our
- tanoho run
- tapisui break
- taya send
- tia'a thus
- tiipe earth, soil
- tiwau again
- taibo white
- taiwano all day, during daytime
- togaba night
- togo'o maternal grandfather
- tooge dog
- tu'i free choice indefinite
- tu'i nearly, try to
- tua son, child
- tuhu'u bobcat
- tuhuggwiddaade black
- tuka trail
- tuta wrap
- tsagi'i near, close by
- tsahani remove
- tsakenna tie
- tsama twitch
- tsanuida remove
- -tsia chip, break
- tsibui rise, emerge, climb
- tsida plate
- tsuga biscuitroot
- tsopigi head
- te reflexive possessive pronoun
- tebidzi very, indeed
- tebinga ask
- tebongo downhill
- tebuni wake up
- tedeketsi'yu small, tiny
- tege put, bet
- tehani butcher
- tehona dig roots
- teka eat
- tekaba flour, bread
- teni speak
- tenicui teach, learn
- tenikwehe sing
- tenimayu quiet down
- tenna antelope
- tepi rock
- teekwi tell
- teetsi'yu little, small
- ena'wi speak
- eni say
- ene very
- esododo snore
- ee you, your
- eezizi desert sparrow
- ewi sleep
- wa'ni be like
- wadzi hide
- wahabe grass
- watsi lose
- wi'i fall, descend
- wo'yo line up
- wogo'yu thick, heavy
- wogopi ponderosa pine
- wohi holler, bark
- wede'yu long, tall, deep
- wene stand
- wepotsita get stuck
- ya'a this
- ya'i die
- yaa this
- yadua speak, talk
- yadui talk to
- yaga cry, holler, yell
- yapa sweet potato
- yawi grab
- yaisi discourse particle
- yodzi fly off
- yongo evening
- yotsi get up
- yegwi do, happen
- yetsenga shake
tehona, v.
dig roots
Other pronunciations
tohona (Bridgeport)
Examples
- Unau ka mi tehona una'yu sawanaga'yu yaganna naka'yakwi.Out there when we're digging roots, we'd hear it calling out from among the sagebrush.(Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
- Ka owitu tia'a usu nisupidakwadunna ka tehonagaa uuniku...He wants to learn about that (story), about going root-digging.(Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
- Nemmi...owi yongo'yainna me'na'wi nemmi owi yaisi ka tehonagaakwesi nemmi amamu'a.We, out there we would camp for quite awhile, and then we would go root-digging in the morning.(Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
- Nemmi yaisi wo'yogaau ka noo'yuna, me tehonagaade podo himanna ka himma kutsu poodu nemmi mi'a.And we'd all go along in single file, those who are going digging holding onto (their) digging sticks, along that cow trail, we went.(Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
- Ootu ume tehonakwe mii eninna ka...kai ka wede naade capa pamaha yapa, tedeketsi'yu mimiketsi'yu su uuni'yu yapa.Right there is where they would dig, (they) were saying...not the tall-growing ipos, but the "pamaha" ipos, the little ones, the short ones, that kind of ipos.(Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)