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fish decoy
n
fish decoy
okeyaw na a fish decoy

fish egg
n
fish egg
waak na a fish egg, roe

fish egg bread
n
fish egg bread
waakoonsiwi-bakwezhigan na fish-egg bread

fish grease
n
fish grease
giigoonhwi-bimide ni fish grease

fish hook
n
fish hook
migiskan ni [BL] a fish hook

wewebanaabaan ni [BL] [BL] a fish hook; [RL] a fishing pole and line

fish house
n
fish house for spearing
akwa'wewigamig ni [ML] a fish house for spearing

fish scale
n
fish scale
onaga'ayan nad its scale (of a fish)

fish soup
n
fish soup
giigoonhwaaboo ni fish soup

fish spear
n
fish spear
anit ni a fish spear

bazhiba'igan ni something to stab or spear with: a fishing harpoon, a fishing spear with a long attached line

fish tail
n
fish tail
ozhigwan nid its tail (of a fish or snake)

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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