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You entered the Burns dialect of Numu (Northern Paiute)

mii, ptcl.

quotative particle

Other pronunciations

mi'i, me (Mono Lake)

Examples

  • Su taibo tia'a owiteu nisupidakwatu, ka hudziba teetsi hudziba, eezizi mii nani'a.
    This white guy wants to learn, about that bird, a little bird, "Eezizi" is what it's called.
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • Ume yaisi i pia miiu, "U yaduicai!"
    Then my mother said, "Talk to it!"
    (Spoken by Nepa Kennedy)
  • "Oo saa'a nakapunni, hayu saa'a eniwenne" mi'i.
    "Then listen to it, how it responds," she said.
    (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)