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zhingadeweba' vta spread it (animate) out (forcefully using something)

Paired with: zhingadeweba'an vti

zhingadeweba'an vti spread it out [forcefully using something]

Paired with: zhingadeweba' vta ; zhingadeweba'wi vta [NI]

zhingadeweba'wi vta [NI]

► zhingadeweba' vta

zhingadewebin vta spread it (animate) out (forcefully by hand)

Paired with: zhingadewebinan vti

zhingadewebinan vti spread it out (forcefully by hand)

Paired with: zhingadewebin vta

zhingaangawinzh na an onion

See also: zhigaagawanzh na ; zhigaagawinzh na [LL]

zhingaatesidoon vti2 spread it out in the sun

Paired with: zhingaateshim vta

zhingaateshim vta spread it (animate) out in the sun

Paired with: zhingaatesidoon vti2

zhingibis na a grebe, a hell-diver

[
Podiceps spp.
; 
grebe
]

zhingibizh vta stretch h/ on a frame

zhingisaga'an vti nail it on a board, on a fur stretcher

zhingisaga'wi vta [NI]

► zhingisaga'wi vta [NI]

zhingisaga'wi vta [NI] nail it (animate) on a board, on a fur stretcher

zhingishim vta lay h/ spread out

zhingishin vai s/he lies down, goes to bed

zhingob na a balsam fir; {BL] a bough of any evergreen tree; a christmas tree

[
Balsam Fir
; 
Abies balsamea
]

(verb of abundance) zhingobiikaa vii there are (many) fir trees
zhingobaaboo ni beer

zhingobaandag na a fir bough

zhingobiikaa vii there are (many) fir trees

zhingobiikaan na an artificial christmas tree

zhingobiiwaatig na [BL] a pine

zhingos na a weasel

[
long-tailed weasel, ermine
; 
Mustela spp.
]

zhingosiwayaan na a weasel skin

zhingwaak na a pine; [S] a white pine; [BL] a red pine

(verb of abundance) zhingwaakokaa vii there are (many) pines; it is a pine grove
zhingwaako-bigiw na pine pitch

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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