Search the dictionary Advanced Search

How to use the Ojibwe People's Dictionary

akawaabam vta rg
Listen

wait in watch for h/, expect h/ to come

Paired with: akawaabandan vti



indakawaabamaa 1s - 3s ind; nindakawaabamaa 1s - 3s ind; nidakawaabamaa 1s - 3s ind; odakawaabamaan 3s - 3' ind; akawaabamaad 3s - 3' conj; ekawaabamaad 3s - 3' ch-conj; akawaabam 2s - 3 imp; Stem: /akawaabam-/

nindakawaabamaa1s - 3s ind rg
Listen

odakawaabamaan3s - 3' ind rg
Listen

akawaabamaad3s - 3' conj rg
Listen

ekawaabamaad3s - 3' ch-conj rg
Listen

akawaabam 2s - 3 imp rg
Listen

akawaabam /akawaabam-/: /akaw-/
wait expectantly
; /-aabam/
look at h/
Reduplicated Form: ayakawaabam

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.