Search the dictionary Advanced Search

How to use the Ojibwe People's Dictionary

aanjige vai es
Listen

s/he makes a different house



indaanjige 1s ind; nindaanjige 1s ind; nidaanjige 1s ind; niyaanjige 1s ind; aanjige 3s ind; aanjiged 3s conj; Stem: /aanjige-/

niyaanjige1s ind es
Listen

aanjige3s ind es
Listen

aanjiged3s conj es
Listen

gii-aanjige3s ind pst es
Listen

aanjige /aanjige-/: /aand-/
change
; /-ige/
s/he acts in relation to a dwelling

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.

Additional Resources

Many of the words in the Ojibwe People's Dictionary have related resources. Click through to the full dictionary entry to hear audio recordings, see images, read documents and watch videos. Here's a key to resource icons.

  • Audio recordings
  • Images
  • Video
  • Documents

Speakers & Regions Key

Individual speakers and speakers from different regions use different words when speaking. Each audio recording is marked with the initials of the Ojibwe speaker. Click on a speaker's initials to go to the speaker's bio page. If an Ojibwe word is particular to a certain region, it will be marked with a region code. Click on the region code to go to the Regions page.