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bawa'iganaak ni nj
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[NI][RL]

a knocker: a stick used to knock rice grains off the wild rice stalks

See also: bawa'iganaak na [LL] [ML] ; bawa'iganaatig ni



bawa'iganaak sg; bawa'iganaakoon pl; bawa'iganaakoons dim; bawa'iganaakong loc; bawa'iganaakosh pej; Stem: /bawa'iganaakw-/

bawa'iganaak sg nj
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bawa'iganaakoon pl nj
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bawa'iganaakoons dim nj
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bawa'iganaakong loc nj
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bawa'iganaakosh pej nj
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nibawa'iganaak1s - 0s pos es
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nimbawa'iganaak1s - 0s pos nj
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obawa'iganaak3s - 0s pos es
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Ningii-pookosidoon nimbawa'iganaakoon; onzaam ishpashkad manoomin.

I broke my rice knockers because the rice stalks were too high and big.
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bawa'iganaak /bawa'iganaakw-/: /bawa'igan-/ stem of bawa'igan ni ; /-aakw/
stick, wood, organic solid

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

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Related Words

bawa'iganaak ni [NI] [RL] a knocker: a stick used to knock rice grains off the wild rice stalks
bawa'iganaak na [LL] [ML] a knocker: a stick used to knock rice grains off the wild rice stalks

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