Search the dictionary Advanced Search

How to use the Ojibwe People's Dictionary

onaabandan vti es
Listen

choose, select, pick it (by sight)

Paired with: onaabam vta



indoonaabandaan 1s - 0s ind; nindoonaabandaan 1s - 0s ind; nidoonaabandaan 1s - 0s ind; odoonaabandaan 3s - 0s ind; onaabandang 3s - 0 conj; wenaabandang 3s - 0 ch-conj; onaabandan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /onaaband-/

indoonaabandaan1s - 0s ind es
Listen

nindoonaabandaan1s - 0s ind nj
Listen

odoonaabandaan3s - 0s ind es
Listen

nj
Listen

onaabandang3s - 0 conj es
Listen

nj
Listen

wenaabandang3s - 0 ch-conj es
Listen

nj
Listen

onaabandan2s - 0 imp es
Listen

nj
Listen

ogii-onaabandaan3s - 0s ind pst es
Listen

ogii'-onaabandaan3s - 0s ind pst nj
Listen

Onaabandan weweni iwe waa-mamooyan.

Select very carefully what you want to take.
 es
Listen

Aaniin iniwe makizinan gaa'-onaabandaman.

Which moccasins did you choose?
 nj
Listen

onaabandan /onaaband-/: /oN-/
arrange, form
; /-aaband/
look at, see, view it
Reduplicated Form: wawonaaband

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

onaabandan vti choose, select, pick it (by sight)
(detransitive) onaabanjige vai s/he chooses, selects, picks things (by sight) (verb of undergoing) onaabanjigaade vii it is chosen, selected, picked (by someone), "they" choose, select, pick it (by sight) (verb of undergoing) onaabanjigaazo vai s/he or it (animate) is chosen, selected, picked (by someone), "they" choose, select, pick h/ or it (animate) (by sight) (benefactive) onaabandamaw vta choose, select, pick it (by sight) for h/

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.