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aawekaazh vta recognize h/

aawenan vti identify it (by sight)

aawenaw vta identify h/ (by sight)

aawendan vti identify it

Paired with: aawenim vta

aawenim vta identify h/

aawetan vti identify it (by sound)

Paired with: aawetaw vta

aawetaw vta identify h/ (by sound)

aawi vai s/he is a certain thing or being

Paired with: aawan vii

(verb of pretending) aawikaazo vai s/he pretends to be somebody
aawikaazo vai s/he pretends to be somebody

aayaanjizidebani'o vai

aayaapiichinaag adv tmp [BL] every once in a while, every now and then; now and then; here and there

aayaatwaakogaabawi vai s/he stands here and there or for some time leaning against something (a wall, a tree)

aayaazhawaabiigiwebishikige vai s/he jumps rope crisscross

aayaazhawaakwii vai s/he goes across holding on (to one stick-like thing after another)

aayaazhawibatoo vai s/he runs across repeatedly, runs back across back and forth

aayaazhawinamaadiwag vai

aayaazhawiwebinamaw vta throw, shove (it) back and forth to h/

aayenaabiisin vii it has cracks in it

aazha adv tmp [BL] already; now

aazhawadaawangaa vii

aazhawagaako vai s/he goes across on the ice

aazhawagaakobatoo vai s/he runs across on the ice

aazhawagaakobizo vai s/he drives across on the ice

aazhawagaakobizotoon vti2 drive it across on the ice

aazhawagaakomotoo vai s/he makes a road or trail across the ice

aazhawagaame vai s/he goes across going along the shore or the edge

aazhawagaamebatoo vai s/he runs across going along the shore or the edge

aazhawagaamebizo vai s/he drives across going along the shore or the edge

aazhawagaameyaasimoono vai

aazhawagaazii vai s/he wades across

aazhawagaaziibatoo vai s/he runs across wading through the water

aazhawa'adoo vai s/he goes across a road or trail

aazhawa'adoobatoo vai s/he runs across a road or trail

aazhawa'adoowagwaakwa'igan ni a pedestrian crossing sign

aazhawa'am vai2 s/he crosses, go across by boat

aazhawa'o vai s/he crosses, go across by boat; s/he goes across by boat

aazhawa'oodoon vti2 ferry it across; take it across by boat

Paired with: aazhawa'oozh vta

(detransitive) aazhawa'oojige vai s/he takes things across by boat, ferries things across (verb of undergoing) aazhawa'oojigaade vii it is taken across by boat, is ferried across (by someone) (verb of undergoing) aazhawa'oojigaazo vai s/he is taken across by boat, ferried across (by someone) (derived noun) aazhawa'oojigan ni a ferry
aazhawa'oojigan ni a ferry

aazhawa'oojigaade vii it is taken across by boat, is ferried across (by someone)

aazhawa'oojigaazo vai s/he is taken across by boat, ferried across (by someone)

aazhawa'oojige vai s/he takes things across by boat, ferries things across

aazhawa'oojigewinini na a ferryman

aazhawa'ookii vai s/he poles a boat across, ferries someone across

(derived noun) aazhawa'ookiiwin ni a poled ferry
aazhawa'ookiiwin ni a poled ferry

aazhawa'oozh vta ferry h/ across; take h/ across by boat

Paired with: aazhawa'oodoon vti2

aazhawakamigaa vii it (the ground) goes across, is an isthmus

aazhawakwazhiwe vai s/he paddles across

aazhawamon vii it (road or trail) goes across

aazhawapidoon vti2 tie it across

aazhawasaa vai s/he strings a net across

aazhawashkiiga'am vai2 s/he walks across a muskeg or swamp

aazhawayi'ii adv loc on the other side of it

aazhawaabiigin vta string h/ (as a net) across

Paired with: aazhawaabiiginan vti

aazhawaabiiginan vti string it across

Paired with: aazhawaabiigin vta

aazhawaadagaa vai s/he swims across

See also: aazhawaadage vai [BL]

aazhawaadagaako vai s/he goes across on the ice

aazhawaadagaakobatoo vai s/he runs across on the ice

aazhawaadagaazii vai s/he wades across

aazhawaadagaaziibatoo vai s/he runs across wading through the water

aazhawaadage vai [BL] s/he swims across

See also: aazhawaadagaa vai

aazhawaakide vii it burns across

aazhawaakogoodoon vti2 hang it across a stick or rack

aazhawaakosidoon vti2 lay it across (as something stick- or wood-like)

Paired with: aazhawaakoshim vta

aazhawaakosin vii it lies across (as something stick- or wood-like)

Paired with: aazhawaakoshin vai

aazhawaakoshim vta lay h/ across (as something stick- or wood-like)

Paired with: aazhawaakosidoon vti2

aazhawaakoshin vai s/he lies across (as something stick- or wood-like)

Paired with: aazhawaakosin vii

aazhawaakwagwinjin vai it (animate; stick-like) lies across the water

aazhawaakwii vai s/he goes across holding on (to something stick-like such as a tree, a branch or a railing)

aazhawaakwiigwaashkoni vai [BL] s/he jumps from tree to tree

aazhawaandawaagan ni a footbridge

aazhawaandawe vai s/he climbs across

aazhawaandawemon vii it (road or trail) leads across a bridge

aazhawaanimad vii the wind blows across

aazhawaasin vii it is blown across (by the wind), sails across, soars across

Paired with: aazhawaashi vai

aazhawaashi vai s/he is blown across (by the wind), sails across, soars across

Paired with: aazhawaasin vii

aazhawaatebii'amaw vta email h/

aazhawewesidoon vti2 record (the sound of) it

Paired with: aazhaweweshim vta

aazhawewesijigan ni an audio recorder: a digital or tape recorder
aazhawewesijigan ni an audio recorder: a digital or tape recorder

aazhaweweshim vta record (the sound of) h/

Paired with: aazhawewesidoon vti2

aazhawi- pv lex across

aazhawi-dakokii vai s/he steps across

aazhawiba'idiwag vai they run across in a group

aazhawiba'iwe vai s/he goes across in flight from someone

aazhawibatoo vai s/he runs across

See also: aazhoobatoo vai

(applicative) aazhawibatwaadan vti run across with it (applicative) aazhawibatwaazh vta run across with h/
aazhawibatwaadan vti run across with it

Paired with: aazhawibatwaazh vta

aazhawibatwaazh vta run across with h/

Paired with: aazhawibatwaadan vti

aazhawibide vii it speeds, drives, flies across

Paired with: aazhawibizo vai

aazhawibizo vai s/he speeds, drives, flies across

Paired with: aazhawibide vii

aazhawibizo' vta [BL] drive it (animate) across

Paired with: aazhawibizotoon vti2 [BL]

aazhawibizonitoon vti2 drive it across

aazhawibizotoon vti2 [BL] drive it across

Paired with: aazhawibizo' vta [BL]

aazhawidaabaadan vti drag it across

Paired with: aazhawidaabaazh vta

aazhawidaabaazh vta drag h/ across

Paired with: aazhawidaabaadan vti

aazhawidaabii vai s/he drags across

aazhawidaabii'iwe vai s/he drives across a bridge

aazhawigwaashkwani vai s/he jumps across

aazhawigwaashkwanodan vti

aazhawikana adv loc across the road or trail

See also: aazhookana adv loc

aazhawikanebizo vai s/he crosses a lane

aazhawikawe vai s/he leaves tracks going across

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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