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akwaandawebizon ni an elevator

akwaandawedaabaadan vti climb up pulling or dragging it

Paired with: akwaandawedaabaazh vta

akwaandawedaabaazh vta climb up pulling or dragging h/ or it (animate)

Paired with: akwaandawedaabaadan vti

akwaandawedaabii vai s/he climbs up pulling or dragging a load

akwaandawegidaazo vai s/he goes upstairs angry, goes upstairs mad

akwaandawenizhikaw vta chase h/ up something (a stairway or a tree)

akwaandawewidoon vti2 climb up carrying it, take; or carry it upstairs

Paired with: akwaandawewizh vta

akwaandawewizh vta climb up carrying h/ or it (animate), take or carry h/ or it (animate) upstairs

Paired with: akwaandawewidoon vti2

akwaandaweyoode vai s/he climbs up crawling, crawls upstairs

akwaate vii it has light that reaches a certain distance; it shines a certain distance

akwegad vii it (sheet-like) is a certain length, is so long

Paired with: akwegizi vai

akwegi' vta make it (animate; sheet-like) a certain length

Paired with: akwegitoon vti2

akwegitoon vti2 make it (sheet-like) a certain length

Paired with: akwegi' vta

akwegizh vta cut it (animate; sheet-like) a certain length

Paired with: akwegizhan vti See also: akwegizhwi vta [NI]

akwegizhan vti cut it (sheet-like) a certain length

Paired with: akwegizh vta ; akwegizhwi vta [NI]

akwegizi vai it (animate; sheet-like) is a certain length, is so long

Paired with: akwegad vii

akwegizhwi vta [NI] cut it (animate; sheet-like) a certain length

Paired with: akwegizhan vti See also: akwegizh vta

akwiindimaa vii it (body of water) has so deep a bottom

amadademo vai s/he wakes up crying

amadaji vai s/he wakes up from being cold

amadaakizo vai s/he wakes from heat or from burning

amadin vta wake h/, wake h/ (by touching with the hand)

amajibiiso vai s/he wakes up in a sweat

amaji' vta wake h/

(reciprocal) amaji'idiwag vai they wake each other up (reflexive) amaji'idizo vai s/he wakes h/ self up
amaji'idiwag vai they wake each other up

amaji'idizo vai s/he wakes h/ self up

amajim vta rouse, wake h/ (by vocal noise)

amajine vai s/he wakes up from pain

amajise vai s/he wakes up suddenly, comes awake

amajiwebin vta shake h/ awake

See also: amajwebin vta

amajwebin vta shake h/ awake

amaniso vai s/he senses an unseen presence

(derived noun) amanisowin ni premonition (applicative) amanisodaw vta be alarmed by h/ amanisodan vti sense the presence of it
amanisodan vti sense the presence of it

Paired with: amanisodaw vta

amanisodaw vta be alarmed by h/

amanisowin ni premonition

amanj adv dub I don't know how, I wonder how

See also: namanj adv dub

amanj apii adv dub I don't know how, I wonder how; I don't know when, I wonder when

See also: namanj apii adv dub

amanj igo adv dub however

amanj igo apii adv dub anytime; whenever

ambe pc interj attention!; come on!; let's go!

ambegish adv pred I wish that ...; I hope that ...

See also: apegish adv pred

ambesanoo pc interj come on!; please!

amik na a beaver

[
Castor canadensis
]

(verb of abundance) amikokaa vii there are (a lot of) beaver (verb of possession) odamikomi vai s/he has a beaver or beavers
amiko-bimide ni beaver grease

amiko-biiwanjigan ni a scrap or chip left from a beaver's chewing

amiko-giba'igan ni a beaver dam

amiko-gibaakwa'igan ni a beaver dam

amiko-miikana ni a beaver trail

amiko-nagwaagan ni a beaver snare

amiko-nooka'iiwagwaan ni beaver pemmican

amiko-waazh ni underwater trench and tunnel entrance to a beaver lodge

See also: amikwaazh ni

amiko-wiinin na beaver fat

amiko-wiinzhinaa na a beaver castoreum

amiko-wiinzob ni a beaver gall bladder

amiko-wiish ni a beaver house

amiko-wiiyaakwa'igan ni [BL] beaver scent used as a lure in trapping

amiko-wiiyaas ni beaver meat

amiko-zaasiganag na beaver cracklings

amiko-zhiigozhigan ni a beaver carcass scrap

amikob ni a beaver pond

amikobwaam ni a beaver hindquarter

amikode' ni a beaver heart

amikodoodikosiw na a beaver kidney

amikogan ni a beaver bone

amikokana ni a beaver trail

amikokaa vii there are (a lot of) beaver

amikokon ni a beaver liver

amikomin ni a currant

amikoninj ni a beaver forepaw

amikoshkiinzhig ni [N] a beaver eye

amikotawag ni a beaver's ear

amikotigwaan ni [BL] a beaver head

amikozid ni a beaver foot, a beaver hindpaw

amikozow ni a beaver tail

amikoons na a beaver kit

amikoonsens na [BL] a baby beaver kit

amikwanii'igan ni a beaver trap

amikwanii'ige vai s/he traps beaver

amikwanii'igewin ni beaver trapping
amikwanii'igewin ni beaver trapping

amikwayaan na a beaver hide

amikwaabid ni a beaver tooth

amikwaazh ni underwater trench and tunnel entrance to a beaver lodge

See also: amiko-waazh ni

amikwiish ni a beaver lodge

amikwiishike vai s/he makes a beaver lodge

amo vta eat h/

Paired with: miijin vti3

amojiishkiwaan ni a deer lick: a place where deer eat mud

amwaagone vai s/he eats snow

amwi vta eat h/

amo vta

ana'o vai s/he chokes on something stuck in h/ throat

anama'e- pv lex church, Christian

anama'e-giizhigad vii it is Sunday

anama'e-giizhik adv num

daso-anama'e-giizhik qnt num

anama'e-giizhikwagad vii

daso-anama'e-giizhikwagad vii

anama'e-mazina'igan ni a prayer book

anama'e-nagamon ni a hymn

anama'e-zhinawa'oojigan ni [NI] a church bell

anama'ekwe na a nun

anama'eminensag na prayer beads: a rosary

anama'etaw vta pray for h/

anama'ewigamig ni a church