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mashkiigimin ni rg
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lowbush cranberry

[
small cranberry, cranberry
; 
Oxycoccus quadripetalus
]



mashkiigimin sg; mashkiigiminan pl; mashkiigiminens dim; mashkiigimining loc; Stem: /mashkiigimin-/

mashkiigimin sg es
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rg
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nj
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mashkiigiminan pl rg
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es
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nj
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Nimawinzonan mashkiigiminan.

I'm picking cranberries.
 rg
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Naawashkiig mamaangiminagadoon mashkiigiminan.

The cranberries are bigger in the middle of the muskeg.
 nj
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Ningashkiigideg, giga-mikaamin mashkiigiminan.

If the snow is all melted on the muskeg, we'll find some cranberries.
 nj
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The base is mashkiig ni swamp, muskeg but does not show the final /w/ of the stem of that noun; -min berry

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

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