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unfamiliar
adj
taste unfamiliar
mayagipogozi vai s/he tastes strange, tastes unfamiliar

Paired with: mayagipogwad vii

mayagipogwad vii it tastes strange, tastes unfamiliar

Paired with: mayagipogozi vai

unfasten
vt
unfasten
aaba' vta undo, untie, unfasten h/ (using something)

Paired with: aaba'an vti

aaba'amaw vta undo, untie, unfasten (it) for h/ (using something)

aaba'ige vai s/he undoes, unties, unfastens things (using something)

aaba'igaade vii it is undone, untied, unfastened (by someone), "they" undo, untie, unfasten it

aaba'igaazo vai s/he is undone, untied, unfastened (by someone), "they" undo, untie, unfasten h/

aaba'odizo vai s/he undoes, unties, unfastens h/ self (using something)

aaba'wi vta

aaba' vta

unfold
vt
unfold
aabiskwegin vta unfold, unwrap h/ or it (animate) (as something sheet-like)

Paired with: aabiskweginan vti

aabiskweginan vti unfold, unwrap it (sheet-like)

Paired with: aabiskwegin vta

aabiskweginamaw vta unfold it for h/ (as something sheet-like); unwrap it for h/

aabiskweginigaade vii it is unwrapped (by someone), "they" unwrap it (as something sheet-like); it is unfolded by somebody, "they" unfold it (as something sheet-like)

aabiskweginigaazo vai it is unwrapped (by someone), "they" unwrap it (as something sheet-like); s/he is unfolded (by someone), "they" unfold h/ (as something sheet-like)e]

aabiiginan vti unfold it; unwrap it

Paired with: aabiigin vta

aabiigin vta unfold h/; unwrap h/

Paired with: aabiiginan vti

aabiiginige vai s/he unfolds (things); s/he unwraps (things)

unhook
vt
unhook (string-like)
gidiskaabiiginan vti release, disconnect, unhook, unplug it (as something string-like)

Paired with: gidiskaabiigin vta

gidiskaabiigin vta release, disconnect, unhook, unplug h/ (as something string-like)

Paired with: gidiskaabiiginan vti

gidiskaabiiginamaw vta release, disconnect, unhook, unplug (it) (as something string-like) for h/

gidiskaabiiginige vai s/he releases, disconnects, unhooks, unplugs things (as something string-like)

gidiskaabiiginigaade vii it is released, disconnected, unhooked, unplugged (as something string-like) (by someone), "they" release, disconnect, unhook, unplug it (as something string-like)

United States
n
United States
gichi-mookomaan-aki ni United States

university
n
university
gabe-gikendaasoowigamig ni a college, a university

unload
vt
unload
agwaanaaso vai s/he unloads a boat or vehicle

agwaasidoon vti2 take it off something or unload it off something: take it ashore, take it off the fire, take it off a boat or vehicle

Paired with: agwaashim vta

agwaashim vta take h/ ashore, take h/ off a boat or vehicle, unload it (animate) off something; take it (animate) off the fire

Paired with: agwaasidoon vti2

unlock
vt
unlock
aabaabika' vta unlock h/

Paired with: aabaabika'an vti

aabaabika'an vti unlock it

Paired with: aabaabika' vta

aabaabika'amaw vta unlock (it) for h/

aabaabika'ige vai s/he unlocks something

aabaabika'igaade vii it is unlocked (by someone), "they" unlock it

unmarried
adj
unmarried man
moozhaabe na [ML] a bachelor, an unmarried man

unplug
vt
unplug (string-like)
gidiskaabiiginan vti release, disconnect, unhook, unplug it (as something string-like)

Paired with: gidiskaabiigin vta

gidiskaabiigin vta release, disconnect, unhook, unplug h/ (as something string-like)

Paired with: gidiskaabiiginan vti

gidiskaabiiginamaw vta release, disconnect, unhook, unplug (it) (as something string-like) for h/

gidiskaabiiginige vai s/he releases, disconnects, unhooks, unplugs things (as something string-like)

gidiskaabiiginigaade vii it is released, disconnected, unhooked, unplugged (as something string-like) (by someone), "they" release, disconnect, unhook, unplug it (as something string-like)