Search the dictionary Advanced Search

How to use the Ojibwe People's Dictionary

wiisagaapine vai rg
Listen

s/he hurts, suffers physically, suffer from an illness



niwiisagaapine 1s ind; wiisagaapine 3s ind; wiisagaapined 3s conj; waasagaapined 3s ch-conj; Stem: /wiisagaapine-/

niwiisagaapine1s ind rg
Listen

nj
Listen

es
Listen

wiisagaapine3s ind rg
Listen

nj
Listen

es
Listen

wiisagaapined3s conj rg
Listen

nj
Listen

es
Listen

waasagaapined3s ch-conj rg
Listen

es
Listen

Aakoziyaan naa gaa-izhi-wiisagaapineyaan.

I was sick and it just hurt.
 rg
Listen

wiisagaapine /wiisagaapine-/: /wiisag-/
in pain, hurting, bitter
; /-aapine/
s/he is afflicted, suffers

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

wiisagaapine vai s/he hurts, suffers physically, suffer from an illness
(applicative) wiisagaapinazh vta hurt h/; injure 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.