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zaga' vta nail h/; fasten h/ (with something)

Paired with: zaga'an vti

zaga'amaw vta nail (it) for h/; fasten (it) for h/ (with something)

zaga'an vti nail it; fasten it (with something)

Paired with: zaga' vta

(detransitive) zaga'ige vai s/he fastens things (with something); s/he nails things (benefactive) zaga'amaw vta fasten (it) for h/ (with something); nail (it) for h/ (verb of undergoing) zaga'igaade vii it is fastened (with something) (by someone), "they" fasten it (with something); it is nailed (by someone), "they" nail it (verb of undergoing) zaga'igaazo vai it (animate) is fastened (with something) (by someone), "they" fasten it (animate) (with something); it (animate) is nailed (by someone), "they" nail it (animate) (derived noun) zaga'igan ni a nail, a spike
(derived noun) zaga'igaans ni a tack
zaga'igan ni a nail, a spike

zaga'igaade vii it is fastened (with something) (by someone), "they" fasten it (with something); it is nailed (by someone), "they" nail it

zaga'igaans ni a tack

zaga'igaazo vai it (animate) is fastened (with something) (by someone), "they" fasten it (animate) (with something); it (animate) is nailed (by someone), "they" nail it (animate)

zaga'ige vai s/he fastens things (with something); s/he nails things

zagakashkina' vta pack h/ away neatly

zagakim vta tell h/ to settle down

zagakin vta put h/ away; tidy h/

Paired with: zagakinan vti

zagakinamaw vta put (it) in order for h/; tidy (it) for h/

zagakinan vti put it away; tidy it

Paired with: zagakin vta

(detransitive) zagakinige vai s/he puts things away; s/he tidies things (benefactive) zagakinamaw vta put (it) in order for h/; tidy (it) for h/ (verb of undergoing) zagakinigaade vii it is put away (by someone), "they" put it away; it is tidied (by someone), "they" tidy it (verb of undergoing) zagakinigaazo vai it (animate) is put away (by someone), "they" put it (animate) away; it (animate) is tidied (by someone), "they" tidy it (animate)
zagakinaagane vai s/he gathers up and put away the dishes

zagakinigaade vii it is put away (by someone), "they" put it away; it is tidied (by someone), "they" tidy it

zagakinigaazo vai it (animate) is put away (by someone), "they" put it (animate) away; it (animate) is tidied (by someone), "they" tidy it (animate)

zagakinige vai s/he puts things away; s/he tidies things

zagakisidamaw vta put (it) in order, put (it) away for h/

See also: zagakisidaw vta

zagakisidaw vta put (it) in order, put (it) away for h/

See also: zagakisidamaw vta

zagakisidoon vti2 put it in order, put it away

Paired with: zagakishim vta

(benefactive) zagakisidamaw vta put (it) in order, put (it) away for h/ (benefactive) zagakisidaw vta put (it) in order, put (it) away for h/ (detransitive) zagakisijige vai s/he puts things in order, puts things away (verb of undergoing) zagakisijigaade vii it is put away (by someone), "they" put it away; it is put in order (by someone), "they" put it in order (verb of undergoing) zagakisijigaazo vai it (animate) is put away (by someone), "they" put it (animate) away; it (animate) is put in order (by someone), "they" put it (animate) in order
zagakisijigaade vii it is put away (by someone), "they" put it away; it is put in order (by someone), "they" put it in order

zagakisijigaazo vai it (animate) is put away (by someone), "they" put it (animate) away; it (animate) is put in order (by someone), "they" put it (animate) in order

zagakisijige vai s/he puts things in order, puts things away

zagakishim vta put h/ in order; put h/ away

Paired with: zagakisidoon vti2

zagakii vai s/he settles down, settles down for the night, goes to bed

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

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