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akwaabikad vii it is a certain length (as something mineral), is so long (as something mineral)

Paired with: akwaabikizi vai

akwaabikizi vai s/he is a certain length (as something mineral), is so long (as something mineral)

Paired with: akwaabikad vii

akwaabiigad vii it (string-like) is a certain length, is so long

Paired with: akwaabiigizi vai

akwaabiigizh vta cut it (animate; string-like) a certain length

Paired with: akwaabiigizhan vti See also: akwaabiigizhwi vta [NI]

akwaabiigizhan vti cut it (string-like) a certain length

Paired with: akwaabiigizh vta ; akwaabiigizhwi vta [NI]

(detransitive) akwaabiigizhige vai s/he cuts things a certain length (verb of undergoing) akwaabiigizhigaazo vai it (animate; string-like) is cut to a certain length (by someone), "they" cut it (animate; string-like) to a certain length
akwaabiigizi vai it (animate; string-like) is a certain length, is so long

Paired with: akwaabiigad vii

akwaabiigizhigaade vii it is cut to a certain length (by someone), "they" cut it to a certain length

akwaabiigizhigaazo vai it (animate; string-like) is cut to a certain length (by someone), "they" cut it (animate; string-like) to a certain length

akwaabiigizhige vai s/he cuts things a certain length

akwaabiigizhwi vta [NI] cut it (animate; string-like) a certain length

Paired with: akwaabiigizhan vti See also: akwaabiigizh vta

akwaakoboodoon vti2 saw it (stick-like) a certain length, saw it (stick-like) so long

akwaakoboozh vta saw it (animate; stick-like) to a certain length, saw it (animate; stick-like) so long)

Paired with: akwaakoboodoon vti2

akwaakogaade vai h/ leg is so long, legs are so long

akwaakojaane vai h/ nose is so long

See also: akojaane vai

akwaakonike vai h/ arm is so long, arms are so long

akwaakotoon vti2 make it (stick-like, wood) a certain length, make it (stick-like, wood) so long

akwaakozi vai it (animate; stick-like, wood) is a certain length, is so long, is so tall

Paired with: akwaakwad vii

akwaakwad vii it (stick-like, wood) is so long, is so tall

Paired with: akwaakozi vai

akwaakwaa vii the woods go a certain distance

akwaandawaadan vti climb up on, climb on it

Paired with: akwaandawaazh vta

akwaandawaagan ni something to climb up on or in: a stairway, a ladder, an elevator

akwaandawaazh vta climb up on, climb on h/ or it (animate)

Paired with: akwaandawaadan vti

akwaandawe vai s/he climbs up, climbs, goes upstairs

(applicative) akwaandawaadan vti climb up on, climb on it (applicative) akwaandawaazh vta climb up on, climb on h/ or it (animate) (derived noun) akwaandawaagan ni something to climb up on or in: a stairway, a ladder, an elevator
akwaandawebatoo vai s/he climbs up fast, climbs fast

akwaandawebizo vai s/he rides up, goes up in an elevator

(derived noun) akwaandawebizon ni an elevator

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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