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aabitoose vii it is Wednesday

See also: aabitawise vii

aabitooshkin qnt num half a bag

aabitooshkinadoon vti2 [S] fill it half full (with solids)

Paired with: aabitooshkina' vta See also: aabitooshkinatoon vti2 [RL]

aabitooshkina' vta fill h/ half full (with solids)

Paired with: aabitooshkinadoon vti2 [S]

aabitooshkinatoon vti2 [RL] fill it half full (with solids)

Paired with: aabitooshkina' vta See also: aabitooshkinadoon vti2 [S]

aabitooshkine vii it is half full (of solids)

Paired with: aabitooshkine vai

aabitooshkine vai it (animate) is half full (of solids); s/he fills something half full

Paired with: aabitooshkine vii

aabiziingwashi vai s/he is wide awake

aabiziishin vai s/he comes back to life; s/he revives

aabiigin vta unfold h/; unwrap h/

Paired with: aabiiginan vti

aabiiginan vti unfold it; unwrap it

Paired with: aabiigin vta

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

aabiindaganaam vta pummel, bash h/

aabiinji' vta overwhelm h/ in a contest or fight, beat h/ up bad

Paired with: aabiinjitoon vti2

(reciprocal) aabiinji'idiwag vai they beat each other up bad in a fight
aabiinji'idiwag vai they beat each other up bad in a fight

aabiinjitoon vti2 abuse, damage, injure it; overdo an action on it

Paired with: aabiinji' vta

aabiinzom vta quarrel with h/; denigrate, verbally abuse h/

(detransitive) aabiinzonge vai s/he denigrates, verbally abuses someone
aabiinzonge vai s/he denigrates, verbally abuses someone

aaboodagoojin vai s/he or it (animate) hangs upside down

aabooda'an vti turn it inside out (using something)

Paired with: aabooda'wi vta [NI]

aabooda'inagizhii vai s/he turns intestine inside out to make sausage casing

aabooda'wi vta [NI] turn h/ inside out (using something)

Paired with: aabooda'an vti

aaboodazhigane vai s/he has h/ sock or socks on inside out

aaboodin vta turn h/ inside out

Paired with: aaboodinan vti

aaboodinan vti turn it inside out (using something)

Paired with: aaboodin 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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