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You entered the Burns dialect of Numu (Northern Paiute)

tebinga, v.

ask

Other pronunciations

tebini, tebina (Bridgeport), tebina (Mono Lake)

Examples

  • "Oo'no, 'Hayu usu e pia tenikwehe?' mii u tebinga, oonosu u nakapunni."
    "Then, 'How does she, your mother sing?' so ask it, and then listen to it."
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • "'Hayu usu e hamma tenikwehe,' mii tebinga," mii bina.
    "'How does she, your big sister sing,' you ask," she said.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • U tebingacakwi, nee yaisi u nakapunni'yakwi.
    I would ask it, then I would listen to it.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • "Hayu usu e mu'a tenikwehe?" mii u tebinga mii tiwau.
    "How does she, your grandmother sing?" (I) asked it, also.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)