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turtle egg
n
snapping turtle egg
mikinaakwaawan ni a snapping turtle egg

turtle shell
n
turtle shell
emikwaan na a turtle shell, carapace

twelfth
adj
twelfth day of the month
ashi-niizhwaginzo vai [BL] it is the twelfth (of the month)

twelve
qnt
twelve
ashi-niizh qnt num
  1. and two
  2. twelve

midaaswi ashi-niizh qnt num twelve

See also: ashi-niizh qnt num

twentieth
adj
twentieth day of the month
twenty
qnt
twenty
niishtana qnt num twenty

twenty-eighth
adj
twenty-eighth day of the month
niishtana-shi-nishwaaswaginzo vai [BL] it is the twenty-eighth (of the month)

twenty-fifth
adj
twenty-fifth day of the month
niishtana-shi-naanwaginzo vai [BL] it is the twenty-fifth (of the month)

twenty-first
adj
twenty-first day of the month
twenty-fourth
adj
twenty-fourth day of the month
niishtana-shi-niiwaginzo vai [BL] it is the twenty-fourth (of the month)

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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