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You entered the Burns dialect of Numu (Northern Paiute)

hoawai, v.

hunt

Other pronunciations

hoawe (Bridgeport), hoawe (Walker River)

Examples

  • Yaisi me ddooga peno'o una peno'o peesu tehoawai, me ddooga.
    And the dogs, too, were out there hunting on their own, those dogs.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • Unau tehoawainna, unakuga tepituhakuga ka me kide mayeu'yainna wohinna miiu enipenni'yakwi.
    Out there while hunting, (they) would find some groundhog, probably under the rocks somewhere out there, and by barking, (they) would continually make noise.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)