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asanjigowin ni a cache; a stash

asanjigoowigamig ni a structure for storage: a storage lodge, a shed

asasawemin ni a chokecherry

[
Prunus virginiana
]

asasaweminaganzh na [NI] a chokecherry bush or tree

[
Prunus virginiana
]

See also: asasaweminagaawanzh na

asasaweminagaawanzh na a chokecherry bush or tree

[
Prunus virginiana
]

asasaweminaaboo ni chokecherry tea

asasawemini-baashkiminasigan ni chokecherry sauce, chokecherry jelly

asaawe na a perch

[
yellow perch
; 
Perca flavescens
]

See also: asaawens na

asaawens na a perch

[
yellow perch
; 
Perca flavescens
]

asekaadan vti tan it; pull and stretch it (a hide)

asekaan na a tanned hide

asekaazh vta tan h/ (a hide); pull and stretch h/ (a hide)

aseke vai s/he tans hides; s/he pulls and stretches a hide

(applicative) asekaazh vta pull and stretch h/ (a hide); tan h/ (a hide) (applicative) asekaadan vti pull and stretch it (a hide); tan it (derived noun) asekewin ni tanning
asekewin ni tanning

asemaa na tobacco

(verb of making) asemaake vai s/he works with tobacco, offers tobacco (verb of possession) odasemaawi vai s/he has tobacco (verb of possession) odasemaami vai s/he has tobacco
asemaa-adaawewigamig ni a tobacco store

asemaa-mashkimodens ni [diminutive]: a tobacco pouch

asemaa-opwaagaans na a cigarette

See also: asemaawipwaagaans na

asemaake vai s/he works with tobacco, offers tobacco

asemaans na a cigarette

See also: opwaagaans na

(verb of possession) odasemaansimi vai s/he has a cigarette or cigarettes
asemaawazh ni [BL] [diminutive]: a tobacco pouch; a tobacco bag

(verb of possession) odasemaawazhi vai s/he has a tobacco bag
asemaawinaagan ni a tobacco tray

asemaawipwaagaans na a cigarette

See also: asemaa-opwaagaans na

asigagim vta add h/ together (e.g., money)

Paired with: asigagindan vti

asigagindan vti add it together

Paired with: asigagim vta

asigagindaaso vai s/he adds, totals

asigaawadoon vti haul it together

Paired with: asigaawazh vta

asigaawazh vta assemble them in a group, round them up; haul everything (animate) together

asigibii'an vti add it up

(detransitive) asigibii'ige vai s/he writes numbers, tallies up
asigibii'igan ni a number

asigibii'ige vai s/he writes numbers, tallies up

asigibii'igewikwe na an accountant, a bookkeeper (female)

asigibii'igewinini na an accountant, a bookkeeper

asigi'idiwag vai they come together, assemble

asigin vta gather h/ up, collect h/

Paired with: asiginan vti

asiginamaw vta pick (them) up for h/; gather, collect (them) up for h/

asiginan vti gather it up, collect it

Paired with: asigin vta

(verb of undergoing) asiginigaade vii it is gathered up (by someone), "they" gather it up (verb of undergoing) asiginigaazo vai s/he is gathered up (by someone), "they" gather h/ up (benefactive) asiginamaw vta pick (them) up for h/; gather, collect (them) up for h/
asiginaak na a blackbird

[
red-winged blackbird
; 
Agelaius phoeniceus
]

asiginigaade vii it is gathered up (by someone), "they" gather it up

asiginigaazo vai s/he is gathered up (by someone), "they" gather h/ up

asigisidoon vti2 assemble it, put it together

Paired with: asigishim vta

asigishim vta put h/ together, assemble h/

Paired with: asigisidoon vti2

asigizhooniyaawe vai s/he collects money as a donation

asigobaan ni processed basswood bark fiber

asigobaani-mazinichigan na a doll of processed basswood bark fiber

asin na stone, a stone; rock, a rock

(verb of abundance) asiniikaa vii there is (a lot of) rock or stone, there are (many) rocks or stones (verb of being) asiniiwi vai
  1. s/he is of rock or stone
  2. s/he is rock-hard
 (verb of being) asiniiwan vii
  1. it is of rock or stone
  2. it is rock-hard
asinaab ni a net weight, a net sinker

asinii-bwaan na an Assiniboin

asinii-miikana ni a concrete paved road

asinii-opwaagan na a stone pipe

See also: asiniiwipwaagan na

asinii-opwaagan na a stone pipe

See also: asiniiwipwaagan na

asinii-waakaa'igan ni a house of stone or brick

asiniikamigaa vii it is rocky ground

asiniikaa vii there is (a lot of) rock or stone, there are (many) rocks or stones

asiniinsikaa vii there are (a lot of) small stones

asiniiwakamigaa vii there is rocky ground, a rocky area

asiniiwan vii
  1. it is of rock or stone
  2. it is rock-hard

Paired with: asiniiwi vai

asiniiwaamikaa vii it has a rocky bottom

asiniiwi vai
  1. s/he is of rock or stone
  2. s/he is rock-hard

Paired with: asiniiwan vii

asiniiwipwaagan na a stone pipe

See also: asinii-opwaagan na

ashagi na [BL] a blue heron

[
great blue heron
; 
Ardea herodias
]

See also: zhashagi na

asham vta feed (it) to, serve (it) to h/

Paired with: ashandan vti

(detransitive) ashange vai s/he feeds people, serves food (reflexive) ashandizo vai s/he feeds h/ self (with it) (reciprocal) ashandiwag vai
  1. they feed each other
  2. they feast each other, have a feast
 (derived noun) ashandiwin ni food that is given out or distributed, commodity food, rations
ashamaawaso vai s/he feeds a child

ashamigoowin ni food that is given out or distributed, commodity food, rations

ashandan vti feed it

Paired with: asham vta

ashandiwag vai
  1. they feed each other
  2. they feast each other, have a feast

ashandiwin ni food that is given out or distributed, commodity food, rations

ashandizo vai s/he feeds h/ self (with it)

ashandii-mazina'igan ni a welfare check

ashange vai s/he feeds people, serves food

ashangewigamig ni a welfare office, a commodity store

ashangewikwe na a social worker, a welfare worker (female)

ashangewinini na a social worker, a welfare worker

ashawaabam vta wait watching for h/

Paired with: ashawaabandan vti

ashawaabandan vti wait watching for it

Paired with: ashawaabam vta

ashawaabi vai s/he lies in watch for something, waits watching for something

ashawebi vai s/he sits at a slant, sits unevenly

ashawegaabawi vai s/he stands on a slant

ashawegonde vii it floats listing to one side

Paired with: ashawegonjin vai

ashawegonjin vai s/he floats listing to one side

Paired with: ashawegonde vii

ashawekamigaa vii it is slanted ground

ashawekweshin vai s/he lies with h/ head at a slant

ashawendam vai2 s/he feels anxious about something expected

ashawese vai s/he tilts over, flips

Paired with: ashawese vii

ashawese vii it tilts over, flips

Paired with: ashawese vai

ashaweshk ni a sword

ashaageshiinh na a crayfish, a crab

ashi vta put h/ in a certain place

Paired with: atoon vti2

ashi adv conj plus

See also: shi adv conj

ashi- adv num plus in counting

ashi-aabita adv num and a half

ashi-bezhig adv num
  1. eleven
  2. and one

ashi-bezhigo- pv qnt
  1. and one
  2. eleven

ashi-bezhigo-anama'e-giizhik adv num X plus one week; eleven weeks

ashi-bezhigo-anama'e-giizhikwagad vii it is X plus one week; it is eleven weeks

ashi-bezhigo-diba'igan adv num
  1. eleven hours; [with decade number] X and one hour
  2. eleven miles; [with decade number] X and one mile

ashi-bezhigo-diba'igane vii [N] it is eleven o'clock

ashi-bezhigo-diba'iganed vii [S] it is eleven o'clock

ashi-bezhigo-diba'iganeyaa vii [BL] it is eleven o'clock

ashi-bezhigo-giiziswagad vii it is eleven months

Paired with: ashi-bezhigo-giiziswagizi vai

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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