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mumps
n
have the mumps
mamagoniishkwe vai s/he has the mumps

murder
n
murder
nitaagewin ni killing, murder

commit murder
nishiwe vai s/he kills, commits murder

muscle
n
muscle
mashkawiziiwin ni a muscle; power

sore muscles
gaagiijiiwagizi vai s/he has sore muscles

mushroom
n
mushroom
wazhashkwedowens na a mushroom

wazhashkwedow na fungus; a mushroom; a pine cone

music
n
play music
gidochige vai [BL] s/he plays music

madwewetoon vti2 make it sound, play it

madwewechige vai s/he makes things sound, plays (music)

madwewetaw vta play music for h/

noondaagotoon vti2 play it (so it makes sounds)

noondaagochige vai s/he plays a wind instrument

musical instrument
n
musical instrument
gidochigan ni [BL] a device that speaks: a radio, a phonograph, a record player, a cd player

madwewechigan ni a musical instrument (especially a keyboard instrument): a piano, an organ

noondaagochigan na [RL] a musical instrument (especially a wind instrument): horn, whistle, harmonica

See also: noondaagochigan ni

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

See also: noondaagochigan na [RL]

muskeg
n
muskeg
mashkiig ni [N] a swamp, a muskeg

waabashkiki ni [LL] [ML] a swamp, a muskeg

across a muskeg
agaamashkiig adv loc across a muskeg

by a muskeg
jiigashkiig adv loc by the swamp, by the muskeg

along a muskeg
jiigashkiig adv loc by the swamp, by the muskeg

jiigeweshkiig adv loc along the side of a muskeg

dry muskeg
bengwashkiigaa vii it is a dry muskeg

hummocky muskeg
babiikwashkiigaa vii it is a hummocky musekg

long muskeg
ginwashkiigaa vii it is a long stretch of muskeg

narrows through muskeg
obashkiigaa vii it is a swampy channel or narrows, is a channel or narrows through muskeg

nice muskeg
minwashkiigaa vii it is a nice and level muskeg

short muskeg
dakwashkiigaa vii it is a short stretch of muskeg

wet muskeg
nibiiwashkiigaa vii it is a wet muskeg

muskellunge
n
muskellunge
maashkinoozhe na a muskellunge

[
Esox masquinongy
]

ozhaawashko-ginoozhe na a muskellunge

muskrat
n
muskrat
wazhashk na a muskrat

[
Ondatra zibethicus
]

female muskrat
noozhezhashk na a female muskrat

hunt muskrat
noodazhashkwe vai s/he hunts muskrat

male muskrat
naabezhashk na a male muskrat

muskrat grease
n
muskrat grease
wazhashko-bimide ni muskrat grease

muskrat hide
n
muskrat hide
wazhashkwayaan na a muskrat hide

muskrat lodge
n
muskrat lodge
wazhashkwiish ni a muskrat lodge

muskrat meat
n
muskrat meat
wazhashko-wiiyaas ni muskrat meat

must
v
must
daa- pv tns modal preverb of possibility, necessity, or obligation: can, could, should, would, might, must

must be
vi
must be
iidog pc asp maybe; must be

my
pron
my
ni= pf I, me [the one or ones speaking, the first person]; my [the one or ones speaking, the first person]

in= pf I, me [the one or ones speaking, the first person]; my [the one or ones speaking, the first person]

n= pf I, me [the one or ones speaking, the first person]; my [the one or ones speaking, the first person]

nind= pf I, me [the one or ones speaking, the first person]; my [the one or ones speaking, the first person]

ind= pf I, me [the one or ones speaking, the first person]; my [the one or ones speaking, the first person]

nd= pf I, me [the one or ones speaking, the first person]; my [the one or ones speaking, the first person]

nim= pf I, me [the one or ones speaking, the first person]; my [the one or ones speaking, the first person]

im= pf [first person prefix before b-]; my [the one or ones speaking, the first person]

m= pf I, me [the one or ones speaking, the first person]; my [the one or ones speaking, the first person]

niy= pf I, me [the one or ones speaking, the first person]; my [the one or ones speaking, the first person]

my turn
niinitam pron per my turn, me next

myth
n
myth
aadizookaan na
  1. a sacred story (a legend, a myth)
  2. a spirit

See also: aadisookaan na

tell a myth
aadizookaw vta tell a sacred story (a legend, a myth) to h/

aadizooke vai s/he tells a sacred story (a legend, a myth)