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You entered the Burns dialect of Numu (Northern Paiute)

ma'i, v.

do, make

Other pronunciations

ma'e

Examples

  • Yodziu'yainna mi pia miiu mi nitama, "Paano'o!" mii mi nima'i'yakwi yaisi tewau nemmi...
    (We) all would get up when our mother told us, "Get water!" so (she) would also tell us to do...
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • Oo'no, hayu eni'yainna pabatsi, eni'yainna ka tiipe hau tama'i'yakwi te [...] te kaupama tia'a te kobinate ma tia'a ka tiipe hau ma'i'yakwi.
    And it was making a loud noise somehow, someway doing (on) the ground (with the foot), with its front (leg) like this-- doing (on) the ground some way.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)