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dakon vta
  1. hold, take hold of h/
  2. arrest h/

Paired with: dakonan vti

(detransitive) dakoniwe vai s/he arrests (people)
dakonamaw vta hold (it) for h/; take hold of (it) for h/

dakonan vti hold, take hold of it

Paired with: dakon vta

(benefactive) dakonamaw vta hold (it) for h/; take hold of (it) for h/ (detransitive) dakonige vai s/he holds, takes hold of things (verb of undergoing) dakonigaade vii it is held (by someone), "they" hold it (verb of undergoing) dakonigaazo vai
  1. s/he is held (by someone), "they" hold h/
  2. s/he is arrested, "they" arrest h/
dakonaawaso vai s/he holds a baby

(derived noun) dakonaawaswaan na a baby in a bundle (to be held)
dakonaawaswaan na a baby in a bundle (to be held)

dakonigaade vii it is held (by someone), "they" hold it

dakonigaazo vai
  1. s/he is held (by someone), "they" hold h/
  2. s/he is arrested, "they" arrest h/

dakonige vai s/he holds, takes hold of things

dakoningwii vai s/he has a short wing or short wings

dakoniwe vai s/he arrests (people)

dakoniwewidaabaan na a police car

dakoniwewigamig ni a police station

dakoniwewikwe na a police officer (female)

dakoniwewinini na a policeman; a sheriff

dakoniwewininiikwe na a policewoman

dakozh vta cut h/ short

Paired with: dakozhan vti

dakozhan vti cut it short

Paired with: dakozh vta ; dakozhwi vta [BL]

dakozhwi vta [BL] cut h/ short

► dakozh vta

dakoogamaa vii it is a short lake

dakoonagad vii it (a canoe or boat) is short

dakootigweyaa vii it is a short river

dakoozi vai s/he is short

Paired with: dakwaa vii

dakwam vta bite h/

Paired with: dakwandan vti

(detransitive) dakwange vai s/he bites people
dakwamon vii it (road or trail) is short

dakwanashkidii vai s/he (a bird) has a short tail

dakwandan vti bite it

Paired with: dakwam vta

(detransitive) dakwanjige vai s/he bites things, has a mouthful dakwanjigan ni vicegrips; (a pair of) pliers
dakwange vai s/he bites people

dakwanjigan ni (a pair of) pliers; vicegrips

dakwanjiganaabik ni (a pair of) pliers

dakwanjiganaabikoons ni (a pair of) pliers

dakwanjige vai s/he bites things, has a mouthful

dakwashkad vii it (plant, grass) has a short stalk, is short

dakwashkiigaa vii it is a short muskeg

dakwaa vii it is short

Paired with: dakoozi vai

dakwaabikad vii it is short (as something mineral)

Paired with: dakwaabikizi vai

dakwaabikizi vai s/he is short (as something mineral)

Paired with: dakwaabikad vii

dakwaabiigad vii it is short (as something string-like)

Paired with: dakwaabiigizi vai

dakwaabiigizh vta cut h/ short (as something string-like)

Paired with: dakwaabiigizhan vti

dakwaabiigizhan vti cut it short (as something string-like)

Paired with: dakwaabiigizh vta

dakwaabiigizi vai s/he is short (as something string-like)

Paired with: dakwaabiigad vii

dakwaakoga' vta chop h/ short

Paired with: dakwaakoga'an vti

dakwaakoga'an vti chop it short

Paired with: dakwaakoga' vta

dakwaakoga'wi vta chop h/ short

dakwaakogaade vai s/he has a short leg or short legs

dakwaakojii-manoomin vii short-grained wild rice

dakwaakominagad vii it is short-grained

dakwaakozi vai s/he is short (as something stick- or wood-like)

Paired with: dakwaakwad vii

dakwaakozide vai s/he has a short foot or short feet

dakwaakwaboye vai s/he has a short paddle

dakwaakwad vii it is short (as something stick- or wood-like)

Paired with: dakwaakozi vai

dakwaanawe vai [LLC] s/he (an animal) has a short tail

See also: dakwaanowe vai

dakwaanowe vai s/he (an animal) has a short tail

See also: dakwaanawe vai [LLC]

dakwaatoon vti2 make it short; shorten it

dakwegad vii it is short (as something sheet-like)

Paired with: dakwegizi vai

dakwegambizo vai she wears a short skirt

dakwegi' vta make h/ short (sheet-like)

Paired with: dakwegitoon vti2

dakwegitoon vti2 make it short (sheet-like)

Paired with: dakwegi' vta

dakwegizh vta cut h/ (something sheet-like) short

Paired with: dakwegizhan vti

dakwegizhan vti cut it (something sheet-like) short

dakwegizi vai it (animate; sheet-like) is short

Paired with: dakwegad vii

dakwegizhwi vta [BL]

► dakwegizh vta

danabi vai s/he lives there, is in h/ usual seat [as in lodge]

danabwezo vai s/he sweats in a certain place

danadaawe vai + o s/he buys (it) in a certain place

danademo vai s/he cries in a certain place

danagoodoo vai s/he sets h/ snares in a certain place

dana'amaazo vai s/he sings in a certain place

danakamaw vta lie in wait for, ambush h/ in a certain place

See also: akamaw vta

danakamigad vii it (an event) takes place, happens in a certain place

Paired with: danakamigizi vai

danakamigizi vai s/he has an event in a certain place; s/he works, plays (in a certain place)

Paired with: danakamigad vii

danakii vai s/he lives, dwells in a certain place

danakone vii it burns, blazes there; there is flame there

danam vta eat h/ in a certain place

Paired with: danandan vti

danamandam vai2 s/he has pain in a certain place

danandan vti eat it in a certain place

Paired with: danam vta

(detransitive) dananjige vai s/he eats in a certain place
dananjige vai s/he eats in a certain place

dananokii vai s/he works in a certain place

danapidoon vti2 tie it in a certain place

Paired with: danapizh vta

danapizh vta tie h/ at a certain place

Paired with: danapidoon vti2

danataadiwag vai they bet with each other in a certain place; they play cards in a certain place

danawazo vai s/he warms h/ self at a certain place

danawinzo vai s/he picks berries in a certain place

danaabandam vai2 s/he dreams of being in a certain place

danaabate vii there is smoke or vapor in a certain place

danaadizi vai s/he stays around a certain place

danaadodan vti tell of it in a certain place

Paired with: danaajim vta

(verb of undergoing) danaadojigaade vii it is told of in a certain place (by someone), "they" tell of it in a certain place (verb of undergoing) danaadojigaazo vai s/he is told of in a certain place, "they" tell of h/ in a certain place
danaadojigaade vii it is told of in a certain place (by someone), "they" tell of it in a certain place

danaadojigaazo vai s/he is told of in a certain place, "they" tell of h/ in a certain place

danaajim vta tell of h/ in a certain place

Paired with: danaadodan vti

danaajimo vai s/he tells a story in a certain place; s/he tells a story of a place

danaajiwanzan vti boil it in a certain place

danaakide vii it burns in a certain place

Paired with: danaakizo vai

danaakizige vai
  1. s/he burns something in a certain place
  2. s/he is drunk in a certain place

danaakizo vai s/he burns in a certain place; s/he is photographed there

Paired with: danaakide vii

danaamiwag vai they spawn in a certain place

danaanagidoon vai [S] s/he talks in a certain place

See also: danaanagidoone vai [N]

danaanagidoone vai [N] s/he talks, speaks (for some time); gives a speech; s/he talks in a certain place

See also: danaanagidoon vai [S]

danaanike vai s/he digs in a certain place

danaapi vai s/he laughs in a certain place

danendan vti think, expect it to be in a certain place; have it in your mind

Paired with: danenim vta

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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