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diba'igiiziswaan na rg
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a clock

diba'igiiziswaan sg; diba'igiiziswaanag pl; diba'igiziswaanens dim; diba'igiiziswaaning loc; Stem: /diba'igiiziswaan-/

Audio for Basic Forms

diba'igiiziswaan	sg	gh Listen nj Listen rg Listen
diba'igiiziswaanag	pl	gh Listen nj Listen rg Listen
diba'igiiziswaaning	loc	rg Listen

Sentence Examples

Diba'igiiziswaan gidibaabamaa epiichi-giizhigak. Check a clock for the time of day.	nj Listen
Onzaam bejibizo a'aw diba'igiiziswaan. The clock is running too slow.	rg Listen
Aandi awe diba'igiiziswaan. Omaa ningii-asaaban. Where is the clock? I put it here.	rg Listen

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.

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