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You entered the Burns dialect of Numu (Northern Paiute)

ata'yu, adj.

different

Derived from: -'yu "adjectival subject marker"

Other pronunciations

adda'yu (Bridgeport), adda'yu (Mono Lake)

Related words

bare stem  atazu

Other pronunciations

adda (Bridgeport)

Examples

  • Pisa iwasu nana'atazu tenikwehede hudziba teetsi'yu.
    It's a beautiful singer, that little bird (knows lots of different songs).
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • "Yaisi su eezizi isu pia peno'o atazu eniwenne."
    "Then Eezizi, as for it, (it) will be saying something different."
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • Yaisi atazu tiwau eniwenne su hudziba teetsi'yu.
    Then again it would say something different, that little bird.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • Oo yaisi atasu tiwau su hudziba tiwau eniwene.
    And then again the bird was saying something different.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)