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gashkaabika'an vti es
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lock it

Paired with: gashkaabika' vta



ingashkaabika'aan 1s - 0s ind; ningashkaabika'aan 1s - 0s ind; ogashkaabika'aan 3s - 0s ind; gashkaabika'ang 3s - 0 conj; geshkaabika'ang 3s - 0 ch-conj; gashkaabika'an 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /gashkaabika'-/

ningashkaabika'aan1s - 0s ind nj
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ogashkaabika'aan3s - 0s ind nj
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gashkaabika'ang3s - 0 conj nj
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geshkaabika'ang3s - 0 ch-conj nj
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gashkaabika'an 2s - 0 imp nj
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ogii-kashkaabika'aan3s - 0s pst nj
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Ingii-kashkaabika'aan indoodaabaan degoshinaan imaa endaayaan.

I locked my car when I got home.
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Owi-gashkaabika'an iwe bizhikiiwigamig.

Go lock up the cow barn.
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Gigii-gashkaabika'aan ina iwe odaabaan.

Did you lock the car?
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Gashkaabika'an gidoodaabaan ingoji wii'-nibaayan gichi-oodenaang.

Lock your car if you're going to spend the night in the city.

Note:
At Nigigoonsiminikaaning, odaabaan can be either inanimate, as here, or animate.
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gashkaabika'an /gashkaabika'-/: /gashk-/
enclosed, attached together 
; /-aabik-/
mineral (inorganic solid: rock, metal, glass)
; /-a'/
act on it using a tool or medium; sing 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

gashkaabika'an vti lock it
(detransitive) gashkaabika'ige vai s/he locks things (verb of undergoing) gashkaabika'igaade vii it is locked (by someone), "they" lock it (verb of undergoing) gashkaabika'igaazo vai s/he is locked (by someone), "they" lock h/ (derived noun) gashkaabika'igan ni a lock

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