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spring
[water]
n
spring
mookijiwanibiig ni a spring (water)

springy
adj
springy ground
dootooban vii it is springy ground

sprinkling
adj
sprinkling rain
awanibiisaa vii it is misty, there is sprinkling rain

sprout
vi
sprout
zaagigi vai it (animate; a plant) sprouts, comes up, grows out (of the ground)

Paired with: zaagigin vii

zaagigin vii it (a plant) sprouts, comes up, grows out (of the ground)

Paired with: zaagigi vai

zaagakii vai it (animate; a plant) sprouts, comes up, grows out (of the ground)

Paired with: zaagakii vii

zaagakii vii it (a plant) sprouts, comes up, grows out (of the ground)

Paired with: zaagakii vai

spruce
n
black spruce
zesegaandag na a black spruce

[
Picea mariana
]

white spruce
gaawaandag na a white spruce

[
Picea glauca
]

See also: mina'ig na [BL]

mina'ig na [BL] a white spruce

[
Picea glauca
]

spruce grouse
n
spruce grouse
mashkodese na a spruce grouse

[
Dendragapus canadensis
]

spruce root
n
spruce root
wadab na a spruce root

spruce root basket
n
spruce root basket
wadabii-makak ni a spruce root basket

spy
vi
spy
giimaabam vta look in at or into, peek in at h/; spy on h/

Paired with: giimaabandan vti

giimaabi vai s/he spies, peeks, peeps

square
adj
square
gakakaa vii it is square

Paired with: gakakizi vai

gakaki- pv lex square

gakakizi vai s/he is square

Paired with: gakakaa vii

square (mineral)
gakakaabikad vii it is square (as something mineral)

Paired with: gakakaabikizi vai

gakakaabikizi vai s/he is square (as something mineral)

Paired with: gakakaabikad vii

square (sheet-like)
gakakiigad vii it is square (as something sheet-like)

Paired with: gakakiigizi vai

gakakiigizi vai s/he is square (as something sheet-like)

Paired with: gakakiigad vii

square (stick-like)
gakakaakozi vai s/he is square (as something stick- or wood-like)

Paired with: gakakaakwad vii

gakakaakwad vii it is square (as something stick- or wood-like)

Paired with: gakakaakozi vai

square pattern
gakakishin vai s/he has a square pattern

Paired with: gakakisin vii

gakakisin vii it has a square pattern

Paired with: gakakishin vai

make square
gakaki' vta make h/ square

Paired with: gakakitoon vti2

gakakitoon vti2 make it square

Paired with: gakaki' vta

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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