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alarm
vt
alarm verbally
zegim vta scare, frighten, intimidate, alarm h/ (verbally)

zegindiwag vai they scare, frighten, intimidate, alarm each other (verbally)

alarmed
adj
alarmed
amaniso vai s/he senses an unseen presence

amanisodaw vta be alarmed by h/

alcohol
n
alcohol
ishkodewaaboo ni alcohol (for drinking): liquor, spirits, whiskey

See also: ishkodewaabo ni [BL]

rubbing alcohol
giziibiigazhewaaboo ni rubbing alcohol

alder
n
alder
wadoop na [MN] an alder

[
speckled alder
; 
Alnus rugosa
]

See also: adoop ni [BL]

adoop ni [BL] an alder

[
speckled alder
; 
Alnus rugosa
]

See also: wadoop na [MN]

algae
n
algae
ataagib ni algae

alight
vi
alight
boonii vai s/he alights, lands (from flight)

Paired with: booniimagad vii

alive
adj
alive
bimaadizi vai s/he lives, is alive

Paired with: bimaadad vii

bimaadiziimagad vii it is alive, is living

bimaadad vii it is alive, is living

Paired with: bimaadizi vai

all
[every]
adj
all
akina adv qnt [S] all, every

See also: gakina adv qnt

all
[whole of a time]
adj
all afternoon
gabe-ishkwaa-naawakwe adv tmp all afternoon

all day
gabe-giizhig adv tmp all day

See also: gabe-giizhik adv tmp

gabe-giizhik adv tmp all day

See also: gabe-giizhig adv tmp

all evening
gabe-onaagosh adv tmp all evening

See also: gabenaagosh adv tmp

gabenaagosh adv tmp all evening

See also: gabe-onaagosh adv tmp

all fall
gabe-dagwaagi adv tmp all fall

all night
gabe-dibik adv tmp all night; overnight

all spring
gabe-ziigwan adv tmp all spring

all summer
gabe-niibin adv tmp all summer

all winter
gabe-biboon adv tmp all winter

all
[completely]
adv
all over
miziwe adv loc all over; everywhere

all over the world
miziwekamig adv loc all over the world

all the time
moozhag adv tmp always, often, all the time

spread all over
miziweshkaa vii it goes everywhere; it is everywhere; it spreads all over

write all over
miziwebii'an vti write all over it

miziwebii'ige vai s/he writes all over something

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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