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jaka' vta [BL] poke, jab, nudge h/ (using something)

jaka'an vti [BL] poke, jab, tap, nudge it (using something)

Paired with: jaka' vta [BL]

jaka'ige vai s/he marks things with a tick or check; s/he pokes, jabs things

jakanaamo vai s/he has chest pain while breathing

jakiiwii vai s/he strains h/ self in lifting

jaachaamo vai s/he sneezes

jaagadaawaage vai s/he sells out (of something)

jaagadaawaagen vai + o s/he sells out of (it)

jaaga'e vai s/he uses up all of the ammunition

jaaga'ookii vai s/he gives everything out, distributes everything

jaaga'oozh vta give all of h/ out, use all of h/ up in a distribution

jaagam vta eat up all of h/

Paired with: jaagandan vti

jaagandan vti eat up all of it

See also: jaagam vta

(detransitive) jaaganjige vai s/he eats up all of something
jaaganjige vai s/he eats up all of something

jaagawinzo vai s/he picks all the berries, picks over an area of berries

jaagaabaji' vta use h/ up

Paired with: jaagaabajitoon vti2

jaagaabajitoon vti2 use it up

Paired with: jaagaabaji' vta

jaagaakide vii it burns

Paired with: jaagaakizo vai

jaagaakiz vta burn h/

Paired with: jaagaakizan vti

jaagaakizan vti burn it up

Paired with: jaagaakiz vta

jaagaakizo vai s/he burns

Paired with: jaagaakide vii

jaagaawadoon vti2 haul all of it

Paired with: jaagaawazh vta

jaagaawazh vta haul all of h/

Paired with: jaagaawadoon vti2

jaagiboode vii it is all sawed up, all ground up

Paired with: jaagiboozo vai

jaagiboodoon vti2 saw it all up, grind it all up

Paired with: jaagiboozh vta

jaagiboozh vta grind, mill, grate h/

Paired with: jaagiboodoon vti2

jaagiboozo vai s/he is all sawed up, all ground up

See also: jaagiboode vii

jaagide vii it burns

Paired with: jaagizo vai

jaagidewipogozi vai s/he tastes burned

Paired with: jaagidewipogwad vii

jaagidewipogwad vii it tastes burned

Paired with: jaagidewipogozi vai

jaagin vta use h/ up, deplete h/, spend all of h/

Paired with: jaaginan vti

jaaginamaw vta use up, deplete something of h/

jaaginan vti use it up, deplete it

Paired with: jaagin vta

(benefactive) jaaginamaw vta use up, deplete something of h/ (detransitive) jaaginige vai s/he uses things. depletes things, spends everything; s/he takes everything; s/he spends everything (verb of undergoing) jaaginigaade vii it is used up, depleted (by someone), "they" use it up, deplete it jaaginigaazo vai s/he is used up, depleted (by someone), "they" use h/ up, deplete h/; h/ is spent (by someone), "they" spend h/
jaaginazh vta kill h/ off

jaagine vai s/he dies off

jaaginigaade vii it is used up, depleted (by someone), "they" use it up, deplete it

jaaginigaazo vai h/ is spent (by someone), "they" spend h/; s/he is used up, depleted (by someone), "they" use h/ up, deplete h/

jaaginige vai s/he spends everything; s/he takes everything; s/he uses things. depletes things, spends everything

jaagise vii it runs out; it becomes exhausted

Paired with: jaagise vai

jaagise vai s/he becomes exhausted; s/he runs out

Paired with: jaagise vii

jaagisen vai + o s/he runs out of (it)

jaagiz vta burn h/

Paired with: jaagizan vti

jaagizamaw vta burn it up for h/

jaagizan vti burn it up

Paired with: jaagiz vta

(detransitive) jaagizige vai s/he uses up all of the ammunition
jaagizige vai s/he uses up all of the ammunition

jaagizo vai s/he burns

Paired with: jaagide vii

jaagizhooniyaaweshin vai s/he uses up all of the money

jaagizwi vta [BL]

► jaagiz vta

jaangaa vii it is a corner, angle

jaangaakweni vai s/he pokes h/ head up

jaangaanoweni vai s/he sticks h/ tail up

jaangidiyeni vai s/he sticks h/ rear end up

jaangidiyeshin vai s/he lies with h/ rear sticking out

jejiibajikii na an elephant

jekadaawangisin vii it lies partway up on the beach

jekadaawangiweba'an vti paddle it up on the beach, beach it

jekaagaminan vti dip it in (a liquid)

jekaakwa'am vai2 s/he goes into the woods

jekibidoon vti2 pull it partway up on or into something

Paired with: jekibizh vta

jekibizh vta pull h/ partway up on or into something

Paired with: jekibidoon vti2

jekisidoon vti2 put it partway up on or into something

Paired with: jekishim vta

jekisin vii it lies partway up on or in something

Paired with: jekishim vta

jekishim vta put h/ partway up on or into something

Paired with: jekisidoon vti2

jekishin vai s.he lies partway up on or in something

Paired with: jekisin vii

jeko-mazina'igan ni a check

ji- pv tns in order to; that, so that; future tense and modal (in unchanged conjunct verbs)

► da- pv tns ; daa- pv tns ; ga- pv tns

jibaakwewi-gizhaabikizigan ni [BL] a cookstove

See also: jiibaakwe-gizhaabikizigan ni

jibwaa- pv tns before

See also: dabwaa- pv tns

jiibadabi vai s/he sits stiffly

jiibadaakogaabawi vai s/he stands stiffly

jiibadaakogaade vai s/he has a stiff leg

jiibadaakonike vai s/he has a stiff arm

jiibajigaade vai s/he has a stiff leg

jiibajigwayawe vai s/he has a stiff neck

jiibajinike vai s/he has a stiff arm

jiibay na a spirit; a ghost

jiibayaki ni a graveyard, a cemetary; land of the ghostly spirits

jiibayaatig na a grave marker

jiibaakwaadan vti cook it

Paired with: jiibaakwaazh vta

jiibaakwaan ni food being cooked or cooked (by boiling); cooking

jiibaakwaanakik na [BL] a cooking kettle

jiibaakwaazh vta cook it (animate)

Paired with: jiibaakwaadan vti

jiibaakwe vai s/he cooks

(applicative) jiibaakwaadan vti cook it (applicative) jiibaakwaazh vta cook it (animate)
jiibaakwe-gizhaabikizigan ni a cookstove

See also: jibaakwewi-gizhaabikizigan ni [BL]

jiibaakwewakik na a cooking pot, a pan

jiibaakwewigamig ni a kitchen; a cook shack

jiibaakwewikwe na a cook (female)

jiibaakwewinini na a cook (male)

jiibegamig ni a casket; a grave house

jiibenaake vai s/he has a feast honoring the dead

jiibiingweni vai s/he winks

jiibiingwetaw vta [BL] wink at h/

jiiboboodoon vti2 [BL] cut it to a point with a saw; file or grind it to a point; saw it a to point

Paired with: jiiboboozh vta [BL]

jiiboboozh vta [BL] cut it (animate) to point with a saw; file or grind it (animate) to a point; saw it (animate) to a point

Paired with: jiiboboodoon vti2 [BL]

jiiboga'an vti [BL] chop it pointed

Paired with: jiiboga'wi vta [BL]

jiiboga'wi vta [BL] chop h/ pointed

Paired with: jiiboga'an vti [BL]

jiibo' vta [BL] make h/ pointed

Paired with: jiibotoon vti2 [BL]

jiibokodan vti [BL] carve it so it is pointed, sharpen it to a point (with a blade)

Paired with: jiibokozh vta [BL]

jiibokozh vta [BL] carve h/ so s/he is pointed, sharpen h/ to a point (with a blade)

Paired with: jiibokodan vti [BL]

jiibokoozhe vai [BL] s/he has a pointed bill

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

with support and collaboration from the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies and University Libraries.

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