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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
tsuga, n.
biscuitroot (Lomatium sp.)
Examples
- Yaisi tewau...kwayakwa tewau nemmi tabinate tewau nemmi tsuga tehona, tsuga nemmi tehonanna.Then, also...further along up the hillside we also dug biscuitroot.(Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
- O pisa neemmapenni oo'no tabiduano, nemmi tehona ooteu ka himma tsuga.It was a good feeling then with the sunshine, and we dug that bisquitroot right there.(Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)