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makak ni es
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a semi-rigid or rigid container: a basket (especially one of birch bark), a box

Note:
A traditional makak is made of birch bark sewn with wigob (basswood bast) with a flexible wooden mikwand / mikwandiins (rim) sewn to the bark. Other types are woven of thin willow branches or spruce roots. The word also can be used for a box made of any material or a box-shaped device.



makak sg; makakoon pl; makakoons dim; makakong loc; makakosh pej; Stem: /makakw-/

makak sg rg
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es
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makakoon pl rg
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es
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makakoons dim rg
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es
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makakong loc es
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makakosh pej rg
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es
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nimakak1s - 0s pos rg
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es
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gimakak2s - 0s pos rg
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es
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omakak3s - 0s pos rg
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es
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Boozitoon iniw makakoon imaa odaabaaning.

Load those boxes into the car.
 rg
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Odoozhishimaan ini asabiin imaa makakong.

He's packing the nets in a box.
 es
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Zhiibaa-adoopowinaak atoon makakosh.

Put that old box under the table.
 nj
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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

makak ni a semi-rigid or rigid container: a basket (especially one of birch bark), a box
(verb of making) makakoke vai s/he makes a basket (especially one of brich bark), makes a box (verb of possession) omakakomi vai s/he has a basket or baskets, has a box or boxes

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