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jab
vt
jab
jaka'an vti [BL] poke, jab, tap, nudge it (using something)

Paired with: jaka' vta [BL]

jaka' vta [BL] poke, jab, nudge h/ (using something)

jaka'ige vai s/he marks things with a tick or check; s/he pokes, jabs things

jack
[card]
n
jack
zhimaaganish na
  1. a soldier
  2. a jack (card)

jack
[tool]
n
jack
ombaakwa'igan na a jack

omba'igan ni a tool used to raise something: a jack, a lever

jack pine
n
jack pine
akikaandag na [ML] a jack pine

[
Pinus banksiana
]

See also: okikaandag na

okikaandag na a jack pine

[
Pinus banksiana
]

See also: akikaandag na [ML]

jack pine bark
n
jack pine bark
okikaandagwanagek na jack pine bark

jack pine bough
n
jack pine bough
okikaandagwaandag na a jack pine bough

jack rabbit
n
jack rabbit
misaabooz na a jack rabbit

[
white-tailed jack rabbit
Lepus townsendii
]

jack up
[raise with lever]
vt
jack up
ombaakwa'an vti raise it (as or as with something stick- or wood-like), pry it up, jack it up

Paired with: ombaakwa' vta

ombaakwa' vta raise h/ (as or as with something stick- or wood-like), pry h/ up, jack h/ up

Paired with: ombaakwa'an vti

ombaakwa'ige vai s/he raises things (as or as with something stick- or wood-like), jacks things up

jacket
n
jacket
babiinzikawaagan ni a coat, a jacket

See also: biinzikawaagan ni

biinzikawaagan ni a coat, a jacket

See also: babiinzikawaagan ni

put on jacket
biichibabiinzikawaagane vai s/he puts on h/ coat or jacket

See also: biichibiinzikawaagane vai [BL]

biichibiinzikawaagane vai [BL] s/he puts on h/ coat or jacket

See also: biichibabiinzikawaagane vai

take off jacket
giichibabiinzikawaagane vai s/he takes off h/ coat or jacket

summer jacket
niibini-babiinzikawaagan ni a summer jacket

jacklight
vi
jacklight
waaswaa vai s/he shines (for game or fish), jacklights