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adaawangen vai + o borrow, rent it from people

adaawangeshki vai s/he always borrows

adaawaagan ni something for sale, merchandise; fur for trade

adaawaage vai s/he sells

(derived noun) adaawaagan ni something for sale, merchandise; fur for trade adaawaagen vai + o sell it (benefactive) adaawaagetamaw vta sell (it) for h/
adaawaagen vai + o sell it

adaawaagetamaw vta sell (it) for h/

adaawe vai s/he buys

adaawen vai + o s/he buys (it) (benefactive) adaawetamaw vta buy (it) for h/
(detransitive) adaawetamaage vai s/he buys (it) for others (reflexive) adaawetamaazo vai s/he buys (it) for h/ self (reflexive) adaawetamaadizo vai s/he buys (it) for h/ self (reciprocal) adaawetamaadiwag vai they buy (it) for each other
(derived noun) adaawewin ni item for sale, for purchase, or purchased; (one's) shopping or groceries
adaawen vai + o s/he buys (it)

adaawensi vai s/he buys a little bit

adaawetamaw vta buy (it) for h/

(reciprocal) adaawetamaadiwag vai they buy (it) for each other (reflexive) adaawetamaadizo vai s/he buys (it) for h/ self (reflexive) adaawetamaazo vai s/he buys (it) for h/ self (detransitive) adaawetamaage vai s/he buys (it) for others
adaawetamaadiwag vai they buy (it) for each other

adaawetamaadizo vai s/he buys (it) for h/ self

adaawetamaage vai s/he buys (it) for others

adaawetamaazo vai s/he buys (it) for h/ self

adaawewigamig ni a store, a shop, a trading post

adaawewikwe na [RL] a store keeper, a merchant, a store clerk, a trader (female)

adaawewikwewi vai she is a female storekeeper, merchant, store clerk, or trader
adaawewikwewi vai she is a female storekeeper, merchant, store clerk, or trader

adaawewin ni item for sale, for purchase, or purchased; (one's) shopping or groceries

adaawewinini na a store keeper, a merchant, a store clerk, a trader

(verb of being) adaawewininiiwi vai he is a storekeeper, merchant, store clerk, or trader
adaawewininiikwe na a store keeper, a merchant, a store clerk, a trader (female)

(verb of being) adaawewininiikwewi vai she is a female storekeeper, merchant, store clerk, or trader
adaawewininiikwewi vai she is a female storekeeper, merchant, store clerk, or trader

adaawewininiiwi vai he is a storekeeper, merchant, store clerk, or trader

adik na a caribou, a reindeer

[
Rangifer tarandus
]

adikameg na a whitefish

[
lake whitefish
; 
Coregonus clupeaformis
]

adikinaagan ni [RL] a cradle board

See also: dikinaagan ni

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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