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ozaawegizan vti nj
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brown it (sheet-like) by smoking it

Paired with: ozaawegiz vta



indoozaawegizaan 1s - 0s ind; odoozaawegizaan 3s - 0s ind; ozaawegizang 3s - 0 conj; wezaawegizang 3s - 0 ch-conj; ozaawegizan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /ozaawegiz-/

indoozaawegizaan1s - 0s ind es
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nindoozaawegizaan1s - 0s ind nj
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odoozaawegizaan3s - 0s ind nj
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ozaawegizang3s - 0 conj nj
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wezaawegizang3s - 0 ch-conj nj
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ozaawegizan2s - 0 imp nj
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ogii'-ozaawegizaan3s - 0s ind pst nj
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Nookomis odoozaawegizaan odasekaan. Omooshkineyaabasaan

My grandmother is smoking her tanned hide. It's full of smoke inside.
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ozaawegizan /ozaawegiz-/: /ozaaw-/
brown, orange, yellow
; /-eg-/
sheet-like (two-dimensional flexible objects of material such as bark, hide/skin, cloth, and paper)
; /-iz/
act on it by heat

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

ozaawegizan vti brown it (sheet-like) by smoking it
(detransitive) ozaawegizige vai s/he smokes a hide

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