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dye
vt
dye
adis vta dye, color h/ or it (animate)

Paired with: adisan vti See also: atis vta [ML] ; adiswi vta [NI]

adisan vti dye, color it

Paired with: adis vta ; adiswi vta [NI] See also: atisan vti [ML]

adisigaade vii it is dyed, colored (by someone), "they" dye, color it

adisige vai s/he dyes, colors things

See also: atisige vai [ML]

adisamaw vta dye, color (it) for h/

atis vta [ML] dye, color h/ or it (animate)

See also: adis vta

atisan vti [ML] dye, color it

Paired with: atis vta [ML] See also: adisan vti

atisige vai [ML] s/he dyes things

See also: adisige vai

dye blue or green
ozhaawashkwadis vta dye h/ blue; dye h/ green

Paired with: ozhaawashkwadisan vti

ozhaawashkwadisan vti dye it blue; dye it green

Paired with: ozhaawashkwadis vta

ozhaawashkwadiso vai it (animate) is dyed green; it (animate) is dyed blue

Paired with: ozhaawashkwadite vii

ozhaawashkwadite vii it (animate) is dyed green; it is dyed blue

Paired with: ozhaawashkwadiso vai

dye black
makadewadis vta dye, color it (animate) black

Paired with: makadewadisan vti

makadewadisan vti dye, color it black

makadewadiso vai s/he is dyed black

Paired with: makadewadite vii

makadewadite vii it is dyed black

Paired with: makadewadiso vai

dye red
miskwadis vta color, dye h/ red

Paired with: miskwadisan vti

miskwadisan vti color, dye it red

Paired with: miskwadis vta

miskwadiso vai s/he is dyed red, is colored red

Paired with: miskwadite vii

miskwadite vii it is dyed red, is colored red

Paired with: miskwadiso vai

dye
n
dye
atisigan ni [ML] a dye

See also: adisigan ni

adisigan ni a dye

See also: atisigan ni [ML]

dynamite
n
dynamite
baasaabikizigan ni an explosive, dynamite

dysentery
dysentery
zhaabokaawiziiwaapine vai s/he has dysentery

zhaabokaawiziiwaapinewin ni dysentery

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.

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