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hard
[difficult]
adj
hard to manage
zanagad vii it is difficult, hard (to do or manage)

Paired with: zanagizi vai

think hard
zanagendam vai2 s/he thinks things difficult, thinks things hard

zanagendan vti think it difficult, think it hard

Paired with: zanagenim vta

zanagenim vta think h/ difficult, think h/ hard

Paired with: zanagendan vti

hard
[solid]
adj
hard
mashkawizi vai s/he is strong, hard, dense

Paired with: mashkawaa vii

mashkawaa vii it is strong, is hard, is dense

Paired with: mashkawizi vai

hard ground
mashkawakamigaa vii it is hard ground

harder
adv
harder
enigok adv deg harder; with effort

hardly
adv
hardly
agaawaa adv deg barely; hardly

See also: agaawaa adv deg

hardware store
n
hardware store
biiwaabiko-adaawewigamig ni a hardware store

See also: biiwaabikwadaawewigamig ni

biiwaabikwadaawewigamig ni a hardware store

See also: biiwaabiko-adaawewigamig ni

hare
n
snowshoe hare
waabooz na a rabbit, a snowshoe hare

[
snowshoe hare
Lepus americanus
]

harmonica
n
harmonica
noondaagochigan ni a musical instrument (especially a wind instrument): horn, whistle, harmonica

See also: noondaagochigan na [RL]

harness
vt
harness
onapizh vta tie h/ in place, harnesss h/

Paired with: onapidoon vti2

onapijige vai s/he harnesses up; s/he ties things in place

onapizo vai s/he or it (animate) is tied in place, is harnessed

Paired with: onapide vii

harness wrong way
napaadapizh vta tie, harness h/ the wrong way

Paired with: napaadapidoon vti2

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

harvest
vt
harvest wild rice
bawa'am vai2 s/he knocks wild rice

manoominike vai s/he rices, goes ricing, makes rice, picks rice, harvests wild rice