Search the dictionary Advanced Search

How to use the Ojibwe People's Dictionary

babaamaawazh vta es
Listen

haul h/ around; guide h/ around

Paired with: babaamaawadoon vti2



nibabaamaawanaa 1s - 3s ind; obabaamaawanaan 3s - 3' ind; babaamaawanaad 3s - 3' conj; bebaamaawanaad 3s - 3' ch-conj; babaamaawazh 2s - 3 imp; Stem: /babaamaawaN-/

nibabaamaawanaa1s - 3s ind es
Listen

obabaamaawanaan3s - 3' ind es
Listen

bebaamaawanaad3s - 3' ch-conj es
Listen

babaamaawazh2s - 3 imp es
Listen

babaamaawazh /babaamaawaN-/: /babaam-/
around, about
; /-aawaN/
haul h/

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.

Word Family

babaamaawazh vta haul h/ around; guide h/ around
(reciprocal) babaamaawanidiwag vai s/he travels around in a group

Additional Resources

Many of the words in the Ojibwe People's Dictionary have related resources. Click through to the full dictionary entry to hear audio recordings, see images, read documents and watch videos. Here's a key to resource icons.

  • Audio recordings
  • Images
  • Video
  • Documents

Speakers & Regions Key

Individual speakers and speakers from different regions use different words when speaking. Each audio recording is marked with the initials of the Ojibwe speaker. Click on a speaker's initials to go to the speaker's bio page. If an Ojibwe word is particular to a certain region, it will be marked with a region code. Click on the region code to go to the Regions page.