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nisaabikinigan ni [BL] a trigger

See also: nasaabikinigan ni [RL]

nisidawenim vta recognize h/

nisidawimaagozi vai s/he is recognized, recognizable by the smell

Paired with: nisidawimaagwad vii

nisidawimaagwad vii it is recognized, recognizable by the smell

Paired with: nisidawimaagozi vai

nisidawinan vti recognize it (by sight)

Paired with: nisidawinaw vta

nisidawinaw vta recognize h/ (by sight)

Paired with: nisidawinan vti

(detransitive) nisidawinaage vai s/he recognizes, identifies people (by sight) (reciprocal) nisidawinaadiwag vai they recognize each other (by sight)
nisidawinaadiwag vai they recognize each other (by sight)

nisidawinaage vai s/he recognizes, identifies people (by sight)

nisidawinaagozi vai s/he is known, recognized, identified (by h/ appearance)

Paired with: nisidawinaagwad vii

nisidawinaagwad vii it is known, recognized, identified (by sight)

Paired with: nisidawinaagozi vai

nisidiwag vai they kill each other

nisidizo vai s/he kills h/ self, commits suicide

nisidomaagozi vai s/he is recognized, is recognizable (by h/ smell)

nisidomaagwad vii it is recognized, recognizable (by its smell)

Paired with: nisidomaagozi vai

nisidomaam vta recognize, identify h/ (by smell)

Paired with: nisidomaandan vti

nisidomaandan vti recognize, identify it (by smell)

Paired with: nisidomaam vta

nisidomaaso vai s/he is recognized, recognizable by h/ cooking or burning smell

Paired with: nisidomaate vii

nisidomaate vii it is recognized, recognizable by its cooking or burning smell

Paired with: nisidomaaso vai

nisidopidan vti recognize it by taste

Paired with: nisidopo vta

nisidopo vta recognize h/ by taste

Paired with: nisidopidan vti

nisidopogozi vai s/he is recognized, recognizable by h/ taste

Paired with: nisidopogwad vii

nisidopogwad vii it is recognized, recognizable by its taste

Paired with: nisidopogozi vai

nisidotam vai2 s/he understands (by hearing)

nisidotamookaazo vai s/he pretends to understand

nisidotan vti understand it, recognize, identify it (by hearing)

Paired with: nisidotaw vta

nisidotaw vta recognize h/ (by sound); understand, comprehend h/ (when speaking)

Paired with: nisidotan vti

(reciprocal) nisidotaadiwag vai they understand, comprehend each other
nisidotaadiwag vai they understand, comprehend each other

nisidotaagozi vai s/he is understood

Paired with: nisidotaagwad vii

nisidotaagwad vii it is understood

Paired with: nisidotaagozi vai

nisimidana adv num thirty

nisimidana-ashi-bezhig adv num thirty-one

nisimidana-ashi-ishwaaswi adv num thirty-eight

nisimidana-ashi-naanan adv num thirty-five

nisimidana-ashi-ningodwaaswi adv num thirty-six

nisimidana-ashi-niswi adv num thirty-three

nisimidana-ashi-niiwin adv num thirty-four

nisimidana-ashi-niizh adv num thirty-two

nisimidana-ashi-niizhwaaswi adv num thirty-seven

nisimidana-ashi-zhaangaswi adv num thirty-nine

nisimidana-shi-bezhigwaginzo vai [BL] it is the thirty-first (of the month)

nisimidanaweginzo vai [BL] it is the thirtieth (of the month)

nising adv tmp three times; thrice

nisinoon vii they (inanimate) are three, there are three of them

Paired with: nisiwag vai

nisiwag vai they (animate) are three, there are three of them

Paired with: nisinoon vii

niso- pv qnt three

niso-anama'e-giizhigad vii it is three weeks

niso-anama'e-giizhik adv num three weeks

niso-anama'e-giizhikwagad vii it is three weeks

niso-biboon adv num three years; three winters

niso-biboonagad vii it is three years

niso-biboonagizi vai s/he is three years old

niso-diba'igan adv num
  1. three hours
  2. three miles

niso-diba'igane vii [N] it is three o'clock

niso-diba'iganed vii [S] it is three o'clock

niso-diba'iganeyaa vii [BL] it is three o'clock

niso-diba'igaans adv num
  1. three minutes
  2. three acres

niso-diba'oobaan adv num [BL] three gallons

niso-dibaabiishkoojigan adv num three pounds

niso-dibik adv num three nights

niso-gikinoonowin adv num three years

niso-giizhik adv num three days

niso-giizis adv num three months

niso-giiziswagad vii it is three months

Paired with: niso-giiziswagizi vai

niso-giiziswagizi vai s/he is three months old

Paired with: niso-giiziswagad vii

niso-minikwaajigan adv num three gallons

niso-mininj adv num [NI] three inches

niso-mizid adv num [NI] three feet

niso-zhooniyaans na seventy-five cents

niso-zhooniyaansiwinaaganens adv num three-quarters of a cup

nisodaabaan adv num three cars, carloads

nisogon adv num three days

nisogonagad vii it is three days

Paired with: nisogonagizi vai

nisogonagizi vai it is the third (of a month); s/he is three days old

Paired with: nisogonagad vii

nisonaaganens adv num [BL] three cups, cupfuls

nisonaagaans adv num three cups, cupfuls

nisoninj adv num three inches

nisosagoons adv num three thousand

nisozid adv num three feet

nisoobiwag vai three of them sit together; three of them are at home

nisoobizowag vai three of them speed, drive, fly together

nisoobii'igan na a three (card)

nisoogaabawiwag vai three of them stand together

nisookik adv num three pails, three pailfuls

nisoonag adv num three boats or canoes, three boatloads

nisoonagiziwag vai there are three canoes or boats of them

nisoopidewan vii three of them (inanimate) are tied together

Paired with: nisoopizowag vai

nisoopidoon vti2 tie three of them (inanimate) together

Paired with: nisoopizh vta

nisoopizh vta tie, hitch three of them (animate) together

nisoopizowag vai three of them (animate) are tied together, are hitched together

Paired with: nisoopidewan vii

nisooshinoog vai three of them lie together

nisooshkimod adv num three bags

nisooshkin adv num three bags

niswaginzo vai it is the third (of a month)

niswaabik adv num three dollars

niswaak adv num three hundred

niswaakodaabaan ni a travois

nisweg adv num three pieces of something sheet-like

nisweginigan adv num three packages

niswemikwaanens adv num three spoonfuls

niswewaan adv num three sets, three pairs

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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