Search the dictionary Advanced Search

How to use the Ojibwe People's Dictionary

aawadaaso vai es
Listen

s/he hauls a load, hauls freight



indaawadaas 1s ind; nindaawadaas 1s ind; niyaawadaas 1s ind; aawadaaso 3s ind; aawadaasod 3s conj; ayaawadaasod 3s ch-conj; Stem: /aawadaaso-/

indaawadaas1s ind gh
Listen

niyaawadaas1s ind es
Listen

aawadaaso3s ind gh
Listen

es
Listen

aawadaasod3s conj gh
Listen

es
Listen

ayaawadaasod3s ch-conj gh
Listen

aawadaaso /aawadaaso-/: /aawad-/ stem of aawadoon vti2 ; /-aaso/
s/he performs useful action
Reduplicated Form: aayaawadaaso

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.

Word Family

aawadoon vti2 haul it
(benefactive) aawadamaw vta haul (it) for h/ (benefactive) aawadaw vta haul (it) for h/ (verb of undergoing) aawajigaade vii it is hauled (by someone), they" haul it (verb of undergoing) aawajigaazo vai s/he or it (animate) is hauled (by someone), "they" haul h/ or it (detransitive) aawajige vai s/he hauls things (detransitive) aawadaaso vai s/he hauls a load, hauls freight

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.