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You entered the Burns dialect of Numu (Northern Paiute)

yapa, n.

sweet potato

Derived from: -ba "absolutive suffix"

Other pronunciations

yabba (Bridgeport), yabba (Walker River)

Examples

  • Yapawene'e mii te ni'anna.
    'Ipos-standing', it (the place) is called.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • Iwau su yapa wogowenne.
    The ipos were plentiful and thick.
    (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)