Search the dictionary Advanced Search

How to use the Ojibwe People's Dictionary

biijiwidoon vti2 gj
Listen

take, carry it here

Paired with: biijiwizh vta



nibiijiwidoon 1s - 0s ind; obiijiwidoon 3s - 0s ind; biijiwidood 3s - 0 conj; baajiwidood 3s - 0 ch-conj; biijiwidoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /biijiwid-/

nibiijiwidoon1s - 0s ind gj
Listen

es
Listen

obiijiwidoon3s - 0s ind gj
Listen

es
Listen

biijiwidood3s - 0 conj gj
Listen

es
Listen

baajiwidood3s - 0 ch-conj gj
Listen

biijiwidoon2s - 0 imp gj
Listen

es
Listen

biijiwidoon /biijiwid-/: /biid-/
hither, here, this way
; /-wid/
convey, carry it

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

biijiwidoon vti2 take, carry it here
(detransitive) biijiwidaaso vai s/he carries a load here, hauls freight here

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.