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odaangweyan nad her sister-in-law (a female's sister-in-law)

odaani vai s/he has a daughter

odaanisan nad h/ daughter

odaanisi vai s/he has a daughter

odaanisim vta have h/ as a daughter

odaanisimaa na [BL] a daughter

odaanzhenan vti turn it (a fire, a light) down, dim it

(detransitive) odaanzhenige vai s/he turns the fire down, dims the light
odaanzhenige vai s/he turns the fire down, dims the light

odaapide vii it shrinks (from heat)

Paired with: odaapizo vai

odaapin vta take, accept, pick h/ up

Paired with: odaapinan vti

odaapinamaw vta accept, take (it) from h/; pick (it) up from h/

odaapinan vti take, accept; pick it up

Paired with: odaapin vta

(detransitive) odaapinige vai s/he accepts, takes, picks things up (benefactive) odaapinamaw vta accept, take (it) from h/; pick (it) up from h/ (verb of undergoing) odaapinigaade vii it is taken, accepted, picked up (by someone); "they" take, accept, pick it up (verb of undergoing) odaapinigaazo vai s/he or it (animate) is taken, accepted, picked up (by someone); "they" take, accept, pick h/ or it (animate) up
odaapinigaade vii it is taken, accepted, picked up (by someone); "they" take, accept, pick it up

odaapinigaazo vai s/he or it (animate) is taken, accepted, picked up (by someone); "they" take, accept, pick h/ or it (animate) up

odaapinige vai s/he accepts, takes, picks things up

odaapishkaa vii it shrinks

Paired with: odaapishkaa vai

odaapishkaa vai it (animate) shrinks

Paired with: odaapishkaa vii

odaapiz vta shrink h/ (by heat)

Paired with: odaapizan vti

odaapizan vti shrink it (by heat)

Paired with: odaapiz vta

odaapizo vai it (animate) shrinks (from heat)

Paired with: odaapide vii

odaapizwi ni [NI]

► odaapiz vta

odaawaamo vai s/he speaks Odawa (Ottawa)

odedeyan nad h/ father

See also: obaabaayan nad

odedeyi vai s/he has a father

See also: obaabaayi vai

odedeyim vta have h/ as a father

See also: obaabaayim 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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