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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
usu, dem.
that (distal demonstrative)
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)
- Üezizi usu uuni'yu miiu.That 'Eezizi,' it was like that.(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)
- Ka owitu tia'a usu nisupidakwadunna ka tehonagaa uuniku...He wants to learn about that (story), about going root-digging.(Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
Related words
objective clitic u
Other pronunciations
o
Examples
- Ume yaisi i pia miiu, "U yaduicai!"Then my mother said, "Talk to it!"(Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
- "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)
- "Yaisi tiwau kai tenimayusi, yaisi ee tiwau u yaduisi tiwau," mii mi nitama."Then, when it quiets down again, then you talk to it again," she told us.(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)
- Yaisi tiwau enesu u yadui tiwau ume.Then (I) talked to it some more again.(Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
independent objective uka
Other pronunciations
oka
possessive clitic u
Other pronunciations
o
Examples
- "Tammi ga u tsagi'i'yunna," yaau mii tia'a."We must be near to it here," so (she) said.(Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
postpositional u-
Other pronunciations
o-
Examples
- "Trail," uuniku tia'a, uunitu nemmi mianna obi momootu, oo ka'a.A trail, it was, along that we went as we travelled along, there it was.(Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
- Obiu owiu nemmi ootu tia'a.That's where we (went); just there.(Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
- Me puninnaga ka'a utuhakuga me kide.(They) probably saw them underneath there, those groundhog.(Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)