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Post by melodierivers on Mar 29, 2022 19:49:50 GMT
pàtahìnowag - abound: 1. to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers: a stream in which trout abound.
niganáb - absent: 1. not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (present): absent from class.
pisikawá - accident: 1. an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss; casualty; mishap: automobile accidents.
widjiwá - accompany: 1. to go along or in company with; join in action: to accompany a friend on a walk.
nagadjì - accustomed: 1. customary; usual; habitual: in their accustomed manner.
ijichigewin - action: 1. the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
misawinawá - admire: 1. to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.
àgwà - advanced: 1. placed ahead or forward: with one foot advanced.
ozàmiz - advantage: 1. any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end: the advantage of a good education.
adjidawàkwe - afternoon: 1. pertaining to the latter part of the day.
Nìjtana - twenty
apìtiz - age: 1. the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to: trees of unknown age; His age is 20 years.
wawingezi - agile: 1.quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe: an agile leap.
kitigewin - agriculture: 1. the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming.
nìgàni - ahead: 1. in or to the front; in advance of; before: Walk ahead of us.
wànwàngi - alarm: 1. a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
pimàdiziwin - alive: 1. having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.
pagidinà - allow: 1. to give permission to or for; permit: to allow a student to be absent; No swimming allowed.
kegàd - almost: 1. very nearly; all but: almost every house; almost the entire symphony; to pay almost nothing for a car; almost twice as many books.
màmakàdenindam - amazed: 1. greatly surprised; astounded; suddenly filled with wonder:
akandò - ambush: 1. an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road.
Mònz-asinin - ammunition: 1. the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and especially shot, shrapnel, bullets, or shells fired by guns.
megwehi - among: 1. in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by: He was among friends.
papagwadjìyà - amuse: 1. to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner: She amused the guests with witty conversation.
Ànike-mishòmisibaneg - ancestors: 1. a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
kete - ancient: 1. of or in time long past, especially before the end of the Western Roman Empire a.d. 476: ancient history.
nishkàdiz - angry: 1. feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually followed by at, with, or about): to be angry at the dean; to be angry about the snub.
awesìnz - animal: 1. any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.
pemàdizingin - animation: 1. animated quality; liveliness; vivacity; spirit: to talk with animation.
odjidjise - anniversary: 1. the yearly recurrence of the date of a past event: the tenth anniversary of their marriage.
tibàdjim - announce: 1. to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
pamikindjìyà - annoy: 1. to disturb or bother (a person) in a way that displeases, troubles, or slightly irritates.
wìnzosi - anonymous: 1. without any name acknowledged, as that of author, contributor, or the like: an anonymous letter to the editor; an anonymous donation.
àkizowin nichigan - antibiotic: 1. any of a large group of chemical substances, as penicillin or streptomycin, produced by various microorganisms and fungi, having the capacity in dilute solutions to inhibit the growth of or to destroy bacteria and other microorganisms, used chiefly in the treatment of infectious diseases.
nàgàz - anxious: 1. full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous: Her parents were anxious about her poor health.
nisidawinàgwad - apparent: 1. readily seen; exposed to sight; open to view; visible: The crack in the wall was readily apparent.
Nàgoz-i - appear: 1. to come into sight; become visible: A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.
Papasinindjìwidiz-o - applaud: 1. to clap the hands as an expression of approval, appreciation, acclamation, etc.: They applauded wildly at the end of the opera.
Nawanjònà-n - appoint: 1. to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
Nayàginà-mindjimahigan - appointment: 1. a fixed mutual agreement for a meeting; engagement: We made an appointment to meet again.
misawinawá -n - appreciate: 1. to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
Nànzikawà-n - approach: 1. to come near or nearer to: The cars slowed down as they approached the intersection.
minose - appropriate: 1. suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
minwàbandàn - approve: 1. to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
Kà-wàsakotòdj - april: 1. the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
andwànikewinini - archeologist: 1. a specialist in archaeology, the scientific study of prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, etc.
pìmodakwewin - archery: 1. the art, practice, or skill of an archer.
enàkwehigàdag - architecture: 1. the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. Architecture often includes design or selection of furnishings and decorations, supervision of construction work, and the examination, restoration, or remodeling of existing buildings.
Kichi-kìwedinong - arctic: 1. of, pertaining to, or located at or near the North Pole: the arctic region.
agindàsowin - arithmetic: 1. the method or process of computation with figures: the most elementary branch of mathematics.
Wàkà-ehì - around: 1. in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, etc.: The crowd gathered around.
wawejichige - arrange: 1. to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly: to arrange books on a shelf.
tagoshin - arrive: 1. to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one's destination: He finally arrived in Rome.
anwì - arrow: 1. a slender, straight, generally pointed missile or weapon made to be shot from a bow and equipped with feathers at the end of the shaft near the nock, for controlling flight.
agadji - ashamed: 1. feeling shame; distressed or embarrassed by feelings of guilt, foolishness, or disgrace: He felt ashamed for having spoken so cruelly.
kawingwashi - asleep: 1. in or into a state of sleep: He fell asleep quickly.
Wìdòkàge-n - assist: 1. to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
kikinònowin - astrology: 1. the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
nàbàkwahige - attach: 1. to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
Mawinewà-n - attack: 1. to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands.
kwagwedjitò - attempt: 1. to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles.
Wìsàp-o - attract: 1. to draw by a physical force causing or tending to cause to approach, adhere, or unite; pull (repel): The gravitational force of the earth attracts smaller bodies to it.
Aditagàgomin-kìzis - august: 1. the eighth month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbreviation: Aug.
noshenj - aunt: 1. the sister of one's father or mother.
odàbàn - automobile: 1. a passenger vehicle designed for operation on ordinary roads and typically having four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine.
Pìw-o - await: 1. to wait for; expect; look for: He is still awaiting an answer.
Mikaw-i - aware: 1. having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
adjich - away: 1. from this or that place; off: to go away.
kotàmigwàdj - awful: 1. extremely bad; unpleasant; ugly: awful paintings; an awful job.
adjina - awhile: 1. for a short time or period: Stay awhile.
Kòpàdiz-i - awkward: 1. lacking skill or dexterity.
oshkinawe - bachelor: 1. an unmarried man.
nishike kà-wanàdak - bacteria: 1. ubiquitous one-celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod-shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom Monera (in some classification systems the plant class Schizomycetes), various species of which are involved in fermentation, putrefaction, infectious diseases, or nitrogen fixation.
mashkimod - bag: 1. a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
kibozige - bake: 1. to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
Nàsàb tibàbàdjiwin - balance: 1. a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
ombàsachigan - balloon: 1. a bag made of thin rubber or other light material, usually brightly colored, inflated with air or with some lighter-than-air gas and used as a children's plaything or as a decoration.
Mino-adàndjigewin - bargain: 1. an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
agawàdj - barley: 1. a widely distributed cereal plant belonging to the genus Hordeum, of the grass family, having awned flowers that grow in tightly bunched spikes, with three small additional spikes at each node.
Odjow-o - barter: 1. to trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money.
Shàgwenim-o - bashful: 1. uncomfortably diffident and easily embarrassed; shy; timid.
màdjìbidjigan - battery: 1. Electricity a. a combination of two or more cells electrically connected to work together to produce electric energy. b. cell.
mìgàdiwin - battle: 1. a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
mijàwangà - beach: 1. an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
azàhìn - beans: 1. the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
ahininige - beckon: 1. to signal, summon, or direct by a gesture of the head or hand.
nibàgan - bed: 1. a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
Adik-wìyàs - beef: 1. the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull raised and killed for its meat.
nandodame - beg: 1. to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor: to beg alms; to beg forgiveness.
màdjità - begin: 1. to proceed to perform the first or earliest part of some action; commence; start: The story begins with their marriage.
ijitwà - behave: 1. to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
Kìshkigwejwà-n - behead: 1. to cut off the head of; kill or execute by decapitation.
pemàdizidj - being: 1. the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
tebwetam - believe: 1. to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
tewesesaghigan - bell: 1. a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
Nandawidìyàz-o - belligerent: 1. warlike; given to waging war.
omisad - belly: 1. the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
tibenindjigewinan - belongings: 1. something that belongs.
nìsehì - below: 1. in or toward a lower place: Look out below!
tesabiwin - bench: 1. a long seat for several persons: a bench in the park.
wàginige - bend: 1. to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
wanishishin - beneficial : 1. conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
minodeye - benevolent: 1. characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings: a benevolent attitude; her benevolent smile.
pagoshìhiwe - beseech: 1. to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once.
mijinge - betray: 1. to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
minikwàn - beverage: 1. any potable liquid, especially one other than water, as tea, coffee, beer, or milk: The price of the meal includes a beverage.
Koshkwàwàdiz-i - bewildered: 1. completely puzzled or confused; perplexed.
awas - beyond: 1. on, at, or to the farther side of: Beyond those trees you'll find his house.
tidibàwebishkàdjigan - bicycle: 1. a vehicle with two wheels in tandem, usually propelled by pedals connected to the rear wheel by a chain, and having handlebars for steering and a saddlelike seat.
Mindid-o - big: 1. large, as in size, height, width, or amount: a big house; a big quantity.
kàwìndang - bingo: 1. a form of lotto in which balls or slips, each with a number and one of the letters B, I, N, G, or O, are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers printed on their cards, the winner being the first to cover five numbers in any row or diagonal or, sometimes, all numbers on the card.
tibishkam - birthday: 1. the anniversary of a birth.
pakwejiganens - biscuit: 1. a kind of bread in small, soft cakes, raised with baking powder or soda, or sometimes with yeast.
aditagàgominag - blackberries: 1. the fruit, black or very dark purple when ripe, of certain species of the genus Rubus.
pìwàbikokweninì - blacksmith: 1. a person who makes horseshoes and shoes horses.
mòkomànàbik - blade: 1. the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc.
kibisin - block: 1. a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
nibagisag - board: 1. a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
nàdagahòzowàgan - boat: 1. a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
wìyaw - body: 1. the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
onde - boil: 1. to change from a liquid to a gaseous state, producing bubbles of gas that rise to the surface of the liquid, agitating it as they rise.
tàbishkòdji - both: 1. one and the other; two together: He met both sisters. Both performances were canceled.
obòdey - bottle: 1. a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
kwàshkwese - bounce: 1. to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall.
onàgan - bowl: 1. a rather deep, round dish or basin, used chiefly for holding liquids, food, etc.
makak - box: 1. a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
kìwisens - boy: 1. a male child, from birth to full growth, especially one less than 18 years of age.
sòngideye - brave: 1. possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
ànzìyàn - breech-cloth: 1. a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.
Weshki-nìbawedj - bride: 1. a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
adjina - briefly: 1. for a short duration: He stopped over briefly in Chicago.
mangadeyà - broad: 1. of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
adjina - briefly: 1. for a short duration: He st
chìshehigan - broom: 1. an implement for sweeping, consisting of a brush of straw or stiff strands of synthetic material bound tightly to the end of a long handle.
wìkàni - brother: 1. a male offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; a male sibling.
ayàbe - buck: 1. the male of the deer, antelope, rabbit, hare, sheep, or goat.
akik - bucket: 1. a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
àdàbikahigan - buckle: 1. a clasp consisting of a rectangular or curved rim with one or more movable tongues, fixed to one end of a belt or strap, used for fastening to the other end of the same strap or to another strap.
ojige - build: 1. to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
wìwajiwin - burden: 1. that which is carried; load: a horse's burden of rider and pack.
ayàdjige - buy: 1. to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
nasawahigàn - cabin: 1. a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction: He was born in a cabin built of rough logs.
asandjigowin - cache: 1. a hiding place, especially one in the ground, for ammunition, food, treasures, etc.: She hid her jewelry in a little cache in the cellar.
ayàdjige - buy: 1. to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
Agindàs-o - calculate: 1. to determine or ascertain by mathematical methods; compute: to calculate the velocity of light.
kabeshinàn - camp: 1. a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
sìbìkàdjigan - canal: 1. an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
amogowin - cancer: 1. Pathology a. a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, especially one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites. b. any disease characterized by such growths.
wàsakonendjigan - candle: 1. a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
sizibàkwadòns - candy: 1. any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
sakawon - cane: 1. a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
nigàsimonìgin - canvas: 1. a closely woven, heavy cloth of cotton, hemp, or linen, used for tents, sails, etc.
neyàbikà - cape: 1. a piece of land jutting into the sea or some other large body of water.
kijà - care: 1. a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
màmànj - careless: 1. not paying enough attention to what one does: a careless typist.
Minawenà-n - caress: 1. to touch or pat gently to show affection.
mòkodàsòwininì - carpenter: 1. a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
Tìtibise-odàbàn - cart: 1. a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
pimàdizichiganag - cartoons: 1. a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
mazinàkwàdjige - carve: 1. to cut (a solid material) so as to form something: to carve a piece of pine.
Sazakòdiz-i - cauterize: 1. to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
ayàngwàmì - cautious: 1. showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
wìmbàbikàn - cave: 1. a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
pìndapakwàn - ceiling: 1. the overhead interior surface of a room.
minowànigozowin - celebrate: 1. to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to celebrate the success of a new play.
anakàb - cellar: 1. a room, or set of rooms, for the storage of food, fuel, etc., wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building.
asinìchigan - cement: 1. any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
pakwenesachigan - censer: 1. a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
mayàwehì - center: 1. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
miziminensan - cereal: 1. any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
chìsakewin - ceremony: 1. the formal activities conducted on some solemn or important public or state occasion: the coronation ceremony.
kweyak - certain: 1. free from doubt or reservation; confident; sure: I am certain he will come.
Tebwewini-mazinahigan - certificate: 1. a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.
Mitashkiz-i - chafed: 1. to wear or abrade by rubbing: He chafed his shoes on the rocks.
kagwedjitòwin - challenge: 1. a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.
nandòshkàge - charge: 1. to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
keshàwàdjibìhigan - chart: 1. a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
wayejinge - cheat: 1. to defraud; swindle: He cheated her out of her inheritance.
onow - cheek: 1. either side of the face below the eye and above the jaw.
shìgwàgamichigan - cheese: 1. the curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food.
Kà-shìwangin - chemicals: 1. a substance produced by or used in a chemical process.
Minwàdjiyà-n - cherish: 1. to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land.
pawehiminàn - cherries: 1. the fruit of any of various trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, consisting of a pulpy, globular drupe enclosing a one-seeded smooth stone.
pagàkwàn - chicken: 1. a domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus, descended from various jungle fowl of southeastern Asia and developed in a number of breeds for its flesh, eggs, and feathers.
pagàkwànensomigìwin - chicken pox: 1. a disease, commonly of children, caused by the varicella zoster virus and characterized by mild headache and fever, malaise, and eruption of blisters on the skin and mucous membranes.
ogimà - chief: 1. the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority: the chief of police. 2. the head or ruler of a tribe or clan: an Indian chief.
agingos - chipmunk: 1. any of several small, striped, terrestrial squirrels of the genera Tamias, of North America, and Eutamia, of Asia and North America, especially T. striatus, of eastern North America.
pìwigahigan - chips: 1. a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
kìshkahige - chop: 1. to cut or sever with a quick, heavy blow or a series of blows, using an ax, hatchet, etc. (often followed by down, off, etc.): to chop down a tree.
Anònà-n - command: 1. to direct with specific authority or prerogative; order: The captain commanded his men to attack.
Ànike-nìgànizig - committee: 1. a person or group of persons elected or appointed to perform some service or function, as to investigate, report on, or act upon a particular matter.
pidigominagà - compact: 1. joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil.
wàdòkodàdidjig - company: 1. a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
tibàbandan - compare: 1. to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences: to compare two pieces of cloth; to compare the governments of two nations.
kàndjiwise - compatible: 1. capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
wawìjingewin - compliment: 1. an expression of praise, commendation, or admiration: A sincere compliment boosts one's morale.
ganònidiwin - conversation: 1. informal interchange of thoughts, information, etc., by spoken words; oral communication between persons; talk; colloquy.
wìkweyàng - corner: 1. the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
Wìyagi-agwinàn - costume: 1. a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
pashkwadjàsh - coyote: 1. a buffy-gray, wolflike canid, Canis latrans, of North America, distinguished from the wolf by its relatively small size and its slender build, large ears, and narrow muzzle.
Wìyagi-manidjòshag - creatures: 1. an animal, especially a nonhuman: the creatures of the woods and fields; a creature from outer space.
pimàdjiwowin - culture: 1. the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
kibwàgawinigan - dam: 1. a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
tipà - damp: 1. slightly wet; moist: damp weather; a damp towel.
Nìm-i - dance: 1. to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
Shìwàs-o - dazzled: 1. to overpower or dim the vision of by intense light: He was dazzled by the sudden sunlight.
mazinahigewin - debt: 1. something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another: a debt of $50.
Pìdji-pibòn kìzis - december: 1. the twelfth month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbreviation: Dec.
kìjenindam - decide: 1. to solve or conclude (a question, controversy, or struggle) by giving victory to one side: The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff.
kwenàdjiwitòn - decorate: 1. to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish: to decorate walls with murals.
Timì-àgamà - deep: 1. extending far down from the top or surface: a deep well; a deep valley.
àbimì - defend: 1. to ward off attack from; guard against assault or injury (usually followed by from or against): The sentry defended the gate against sudden attack.
shàgozì - delicate: 1. fine in texture, quality, construction, etc.: a delicate lace collar.
minwenindam - delighted: 1. highly pleased.
tajitàgan - den: 1. the lair or shelter of a wild animal, especially a predatory mammal.
wìbidikewininì - dentist: 1. a person whose profession is dentistry.
chàgise - depleted: 1. to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of: The fire had depleted the game in the forest. Extravagant spending soon depleted his funds.
gashkenindam - depressed: 1. sad and gloomy; dejected; downcast.
nisàndawe - descend: 1. to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down: to descend from the mountaintop.
ànikobidàgan - descendant: 1. a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.
inàdodàn - describe: 1. to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
Gashkitamàdiz-o - deserve: 1. to merit, be qualified for, or have a claim to (reward, assistance, punishment, etc.) because of actions, qualities, or situation: to deserve exile; to deserve charity; a theory that deserves consideration.
mazinibìhigan - design: 1. to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
pabanàdenindam - despair: 1. loss of hope; hopelessness.
wìshkobandjigan - dessert: 1. cake, pie, fruit, pudding, ice cream, etc., served as the final course of a meal.
Wà-oditàmàn - destination: 1. the place to which a person or thing travels or is sent: Her destination was Rome.
enenindàgozinàniwang - destiny: 1. something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune.
pabanàdjitòn - destroy: 1. to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
kezibise - detached: 1. not attached; separated: a detached ticket stub.
Madji-manidò - devil: 1. Theology a. the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. b. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
Minwànà-n - devoted: 1. zealous or ardent in attachment, loyalty, or affection: a devoted friend.
Àwan-nibì - dew: 1. moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
Mashkawi-asin - diamond: 1. a pure or nearly pure, extremely hard form of carbon, naturally crystallized in the isometric system.
apijàn - diaper: 1. a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
pikàn - different: 1. not alike in character or quality; differing; dissimilar: The two are different.
sanagad - difficult: 1. not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
wànike - dig: 1. to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
pinishkwàgizame - digest: 1. to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
Kitchitwàwenindàgoz-i - dignified: 1. characterized or marked by dignity of aspect or manner; stately; decorous: dignified conduct.
misadànàng - dinosaur: 1. any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
àgònwetàdiwin - disagree: 1. to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
mindàdenindam - disappointed: 1. depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
Ginàhamàdiz-o - discipline: 1. training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
kagìkwewin - discourse: 1. communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
mànenindjige - discourteous : 1. not courteous; impolite; uncivil; rude: a discourteous salesman.
Goshàb-i - disdain: 1. to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
Wanìw-o - disguise: 1. to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
agadenindamowin - disgust : 1. to cause loathing or nausea in.
tesonàgan - dish: 1. an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
wayejinge - dishonest : 1. not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.
ànwetam - disobey : 1. to neglect or refuse to obey.
nìskiziwin - disorder: 1. lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
àjodendiwin - dispute : 1. to engage in argument or debate.
Kìwaniz-i - dissipated: 1. indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure; intemperate; dissolute.
ningàbàwe - dissolve: 1. to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
nisidawinàdjige - distinguish: 1. to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
ijinàgod - distort: 1. to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
Ondamiz-i - distracted: 1. having the attention diverted: She tossed several rocks to the far left and slipped past the distracted sentry.
wawànendam - distress: 1. great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
màdinamàge - distribute: 1. to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
mòninendam - distrust: 1. to regard with doubt or suspicion; have no trust in.
Wanishkweyà-n - disturb: 1. to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
pasànikàn - ditch: 1. to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
kògì - dive: 1. to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
anagabe - diverge: 1. to move, lie, or extend in different directions from a common point; branch off.
kichitwàwiziwin - divine: 1. of or pertaining to a god, especially the Supreme Being.
webinidiwin - divorce: 1. a judicial declaration dissolving a marriage in whole or in part, especially one that releases the marriage partners from all matrimonial obligations.
minàweyàkonigan - dock: 1. a landing pier.
odaminowàgan - doll: 1. a small figure representing a baby or other human being, especially for use as a child's toy.
wàwìyebakwàn - "dome: 1. Architecture a. a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions. b. a domical roof or ceiling. c. a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof."
misàbòz - donkey: 1. the domestic ass, Equus asinus.
Ànawàdiz-i - doomed: 1. fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
Nàgàz-i - eager: 1. keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
niningikamigise - earthquake: 1. a series of vibrations induced in the earth's crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating.
wàbanong - east: 1. a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E
wendad - easy: 1. freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
wìmbwewe - echo: 1. a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
nanitagàbaminàgwad - eclipse: 1. Astronomy a. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) b. a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. c. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
kikinàmàgoziwin - educational: 1. pertaining to education.
Mitàso-ashidj-nishwàswi - eighteen: 1. a cardinal number, ten plus eight.
ogimàkewin - election: 1. the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
wàwàsamòwiziwin - electricity: 1. the science dealing with electric charges and currents.
tidibishkijì - elephant: 1. either of two large, five-toed pachyderms of the family Elephantidae, characterized by a long, prehensile trunk formed of the nose and upper lip, including Loxodonta africana (African elephant) with enormous flapping ears, two fingerlike projections at the end of the trunk, and ivory tusks, and Elephas maximus (Indian elephant) with smaller ears, one projection at the end of the trunk, and ivory tusks almost exclusively in males: L. africana is threatened; E. maximus is endangered.
ombinige - elevate: 1. to move or raise to a higher place or position; lift up.
Mitàso-ashidj-pejig - eleven: 1. a cardinal number, ten plus one.
Tibenindiz-o - emancipated: 1. not constrained or restricted by custom, tradition, superstition, etc.: a modern, emancipated woman.
Pòz-i - embark: 1. to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey.
Agazomà-n - embarrass: 1. to cause confusion and shame to; make uncomfortably self-conscious; disconcert; abash: His bad table manners embarrassed her.
akakanje - embers: 1. a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
inanokìwin - employment: 1. an act or instance of employing someone or something.
àdjkinàdjigan - enclosure: 1. something that encloses, as a fence or wall.
kagànzonge - encourage: 1. to inspire with courage, spirit, or confidence: His coach encouraged him throughout the marathon race to keep on running.
shìb - endure: 1. to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo: to endure great financial pressures with equanimity.
mìgàdinowàgan - enemy: 1. a person who feels hatred for, fosters harmful designs against, or engages in antagonistic activities against another; an adversary or opponent.
kikijawiziwin - energy: 1. the capacity for vigorous activity; available power: I eat chocolate to get quick energy.
pòtàgan - engine: 1. a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
Wàseyàdiz-i - enlighten: 1. to give intellectual or spiritual light to; instruct; impart knowledge to: We hope the results of our research will enlighten our colleagues.
Ganawenindamònà-n - entrust: 1. to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust: We entrusted him with our lives.
opinigowin - epilepsy: 1. a disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petit mal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal)
tibishkòdj - equal: 1. as great as; the same as (often followed by to or with): The velocity of sound is not equal to that of light.
mayàwisin - erect: 1. upright in position or posture: to stand or sit erect.
iskate - evaporate: 1. to change from a liquid or solid state into vapor; pass off in vapor.
misawàdj - even: 1. level; flat; without surface irregularities; smooth: an even road.
keshawàdjichigan - evidence: 1. that which tends to prove or disprove something; ground for belief; proof.
kwayak - exact: 1. strictly accurate or correct: an exact likeness; an exact description.
nanda-kikenimà - examine: 1. to inspect or scrutinize carefully: to examine a prospective purchase.
kikinawàbandjigan - example: 1. one of a number of things, or a part of something, taken to show the character of the whole: This painting is an example of his early work.
wànikà - excavation: 1. a hole or cavity made by excavating.
kabikàn - exceed: 1. to go beyond in quantity, degree, rate, etc.: to exceed the speed limit.
onzàm - excess: 1. the fact of exceeding something else in amount or degree: His strength is in excess of yours.
meshkodònige - exchange: 1. to give up (something) for something else; part with for some equivalent; change for another.
ombiz - excited: 1. stirred emotionally; agitated: An excited crowd awaited the arrival of the famed rock group.
ànwenindizowin - excuse: 1. to regard or judge with forgiveness or indulgence; pardon or forgive; overlook (a fault, error, etc.): Excuse his bad manners.
kwagwedjìwìwin - exercise: 1. bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improvement of health: Walking is good exercise.
chàgìwì - exhausted: 1. to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
wàbandahidiwin - exhibition: 1. an exhibiting, showing, or presenting to view.
pimàdiz - exist: 1. to have actual being; be: The world exists, whether you like it or not.
nagadjìwin - experience: 1. a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.
kagwedjitòwin - experiment: 1. a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition, etc.: a chemical experiment; a teaching experiment; an experiment in living.
kikenindamòjiwe - explain: 1. to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point.
mishishinà - expose: 1. to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
nikàbandam - faint: 1. lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
wìndigòkwens - fairy: 1. (in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs.
ànwewiz - fail: 1. to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
nagadenindjige - familiar: 1. commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
inòdewiziwin - family: 1. a. a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. b. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
pakadenàniwan - famine: 1. extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
wawìndàganez - famous: 1. having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated: a famous writer.
kidjigonigànendàgozi - fancy: 1. imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
wàsa - far: 1. at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
enagindàgwak - fare: 1. the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
kitigàn - farm: 1. a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
nàbahige - fasten: 1. to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
tibinikenige - fathom: 1. a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath verb (used with object)
ayekoziwin - fatigue: 1. weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
indowin - fault: 1. a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
shawenindjigewin - favour: 1. something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
shàbwàjigawichigan - filter: 1. any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
wìnadjosh - filth: 1. offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter: the filth dumped into our rivers.
keg-apìch - finally: 1. at the final point or moment; in the end.
wàwàtesì - firefly: 1. any nocturnal beetle of the family Lampyridae, characterized by a soft body with a light-producing organ at the rear of the abdomen.
pagandehigan - flail: 1. an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.
agwanagòdjigan - flap: 1. to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
shòbà - flexible: 1. capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
webishkwàndjigan - flick: 1. a sudden light blow or tap, as with a whip or the finger: She gave the horse a flick with her riding crop.
pibagà - flimsy: 1. without material strength or solidity: a flimsy fabric; a flimsy structure.
agwinde - float: 1. to rest or remain on the surface of a liquid; be buoyant: The hollow ball floated.
akwìnowag - flock: 1. a number of animals of one kind, especially sheep, goats, or birds, that keep or feed together or are herded together.
mòshkahan - flood: 1. a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
pìte - foam: 1. a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.: foam on a glass of beer.
anìbìshan - foliage: 1. the leaves of a plant, collectively; leafage.
agòdjizideshimon - footstool: 1. a low stool upon which to rest one's feet when seated.
ondjìyà - forbid: 1. to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
takamose - ford: 1. a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
chibwà-àbitòzang - forenoon: 1. the period of daylight before noon.
ban - former: 1. preceding in time; prior or earlier: during a former stage in the proceedings.
kotàganez - formidable: 1. causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
nagadàn - forsake: 1. to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific.
wàkahigan - fort: 1. a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works; a fortress; fortification.
sòngitòn - fortify: 1. to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
ningodawàsìdog - fortunate: 1. having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky: a fortunate young actor who got the lead in the play.
nitàwigichigan - foundling: 1. an infant or small child found abandoned; a child without a known parent or guardian.
minomàgwad - fragrant: 1. having a pleasant scent or aroma; sweet-smelling; sweet-scented: a fragrant rose.
kidjigànagìngwe - freckled: 1. one of the small, brownish spots on the skin that are caused by deposition of pigment and that increase in number and darken on exposure to sunlight; lentigo.
tibenindizowin - freedom: 1. the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
mashkawadin - freeze: 1. to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
wemitigòzì - french: 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of France, its inhabitants, or their language, culture, etc.: French cooking.
segìyà - frighten: 1. to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
pizinàdiz - frivolous: 1. characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
omagakì - frog: 1. any tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist-skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty, drier-skinned toad species that are mostly terrestrial as adults.
nigigwadin - frost: 1. a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
iniwez - frustrated: 1. disappointed; thwarted: an announcer who was a frustrated actor.
sàsekwe - fry: 1. to cook in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.
ishkodechigan - fuel: 1. combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
kìmìwininì - fugitive: 1. a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.
tibisatwàn - fulfilled: 1. to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
kìkanàmòzige - fumigate: 1. to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
agwàbikide - fused: 1. to bring into or join in a close union or whole; unite:
nìgàn - future: 1. time that is to be or come hereafter.
wesehan - gale: 1. a very strong wind.
tesagòde - gallery: 1. a raised area, often having a stepped or sloping floor, in a theater, church, or other public building to accommodate spectators, exhibits, etc.
agòdjiwànàk - gallows: 1. a wooden frame, consisting of a crossbeam on two uprights, on which condemned persons are executed by hanging.
awesìnz-ganawàbì - game-warden: 1. a public official who enforces game laws.
gashkidàsepizon - garter: 1. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
ishkanàm - gasp: 1. a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
kàto-tìbayàganag - "gears: 1. Machinery a. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. b. an assembly of such parts. c. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. d. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear."
kegàd-apin - generally: 1. usually; commonly; ordinarily: He generally comes home at noon.
ànike-pimàdiziwin - generation: 1. the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
kijewàdiziwin - generosity: 1. readiness or liberality in giving.
pekàdiz - gentle: 1. kindly; amiable: a gentle manner.
wendjida - genuine: 1. possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic; real: genuine sympathy; a genuine antique.
enakamigàg - geography: 1. the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.
ànimà - german: 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Germany or its people.
sàgànì - germinate: 1. to begin to grow or develop.
misàbe - giant: 1. (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
mìnidiwin - gift: 1. something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
màgwàkwawon - girdle: 1. a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
mìgiwe - give: 1. to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
minwenindam - glad: 1. feeling joy or pleasure; delighted; pleased: glad about the good news; glad that you are here.
onìshk - gland: 1. Anatomy a. a cell, group of cells, or organ producing a secretion. b. any of various organs or structures resembling the shape but not the function of true glands.
wàbokàwonan - glasses: 1. a hard, brittle, noncrystalline, more or less transparent substance produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silica and silicates that also contain soda and lime, as in the ordinary variety used for windows and bottles.
nishke pimibide - glide: 1. to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.
pidigominagà - globular: 1. globe-shaped; spherical.
kitchitwàwiziwin - glory: 1. very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.
wàsànje - glow: 1. a light emitted by or as if by a substance heated to luminosity; incandescence.
wàwàtesì - glow-worm: 1. the wingless female or larva of the European beetle, Lampyris noctiluca, which emits a sustained greenish light.
sizibàkwadowàpane anda-gikendjigan - glucometer: 1: a medical device for determining the approximate concentration of glucose (sugar) in the blood. It can also be a strip of glucose paper dipped into a substance and measured to the glucose chart. It is a key element of home blood glucose monitoring (HBGM) by people with diabetes mellitus or hypoglycemia.
nipàdiziwin - gluttony: 1. excessive eating and drinking.
chìchìgwandjige - gnaw: 1. to bite or chew on, especially persistently.
minikwàgan - goblet: 1. a drinking glass with a foot and stem.
Kije-Manidò - god: 1. the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
ozàwi-shònìyà - gold: 1. a precious yellow metallic element, highly malleable and ductile, and not subject to oxidation or corrosion. Symbol: Au; atomic weight: 196.967; atomic number: 79; specific gravity: 19.3 at 20°C.
màdjàshin - goodbye: 1. a farewell (a conventional expression used at parting).
nànòdikomeshì - gorilla: 1. the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla) G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla) now rare.
shàbòminan - goodseberries: 1. the edible, acid, globular, sometimes spiny fruit of certain prickly shrubs belonging to the genus Ribes, of the saxifrage family, especially R. uva-crispa (or R. grossularia).
wedàkeshkàgedj - governor: 1. the executive head of a state in the U.S.
àgwìtò-agwinàn - gown: 1. a woman's dress or robe, especially one that is full-length.
shawenindjigewin - grace: 1. elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice.
kikinawàdiwin - grade: 1. a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
wayedàdj - gradually: 1. taking place, changing, moving, etc., by small degrees or little by little: gradual improvement in health.
shàbo-gikinàmàgoziwin - graduation: 1. an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
onàbimowin - grammar: 1. the study of the way the sentences of a language are constructed; morphology and syntax.
kichi - grand: 1. impressive in size, appearance, or general effect: grand mountain scenery.
kàkàshkahàn - grate: 1. a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
kàshkàkwahigan - grater: 1. a person or thing that grates.
màmòyàwagenindam(owin) - grateful: 1. warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
ningwàkàn - grave: 1. an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
shìbingwànde - gray: 1. of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
àpidji - greatly: 1. in or to a great degree; much: greatly improved in health.
shingibis - grebe: 1. any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, related to the loons, but having a rudimentary tail and lobate rather than webbed toes.
anamikàge - greet: 1. to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
wìndigò - gremlin: 1. a mischievous invisible being, said by airplane pilots in World War II to cause engine trouble and mechanical difficulties.
pasibòde - groove: 1. a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
akakodjìsh - groundhog: 1. a stocky North American burrowing rodent, Marmota monax, that hibernates in the winter.
kàgìmowe - grumble: 1. to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
akandò - guard: 1. to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
wàkomindj - guest: 1. a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party.
kekinòwijiwedj - guide: 1. to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
nisibi-tebwetam - gullible: 1. easily deceived or cheated.
pigiw - gun: 1. a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
sesegan - hail: 1. to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome.
tàtagàdiz - half-heartedly: 1. having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
màwandòsewigamig - hall: 1. a corridor or passageway in a building.
pakitehigan - hammer: 1. a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
kashkàbikahiganan - hand cuffs: 1. a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
sìniskìgomewon - handkerchief: 1. a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
nàbàkosidjigan - handle: 1. a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
tajitàgan - hangout: 1. a place where a person frequently visits, especially for socializing or recreation.
ijiwebad - happen: 1. to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
pàpinenindam - happy: 1. delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
minawàzi-dibishkan - happy birthday: 1. a greeting given on an anniversary of the day of one's birth
agomonàn - harbour: 1. a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
mashkawà - hard: 1. not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
kà-gwech - hardly: 1. only just; almost not; barely: We had hardly reached the lake when it started raining. hardly any; hardly ever.
inàpinanà - harm: 1. physical injury or mental damage; hurt: to do him bodily harm.
pekàdiz - harmless: 1. without the power or desire to do harm; innocuous: He looks mean but he's harmless; a harmless Halloween prank.
takobizowinan - harness: 1. the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal.
pìsakamigahigan - harrow: 1. an agricultural implement with spikelike teeth or upright disks, drawn chiefly over plowed land to level it, break up clods, root up weeds, etc.
kìshkijigewin - harvest: 1. the gathering of crops.
padagoshkam - hatch: 1. to bring forth (young) from the egg.
shìngenindjigewin - hate: 1. to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
amanisonàde - haunted: 1. inhabited or frequented by ghosts: a haunted castle.
kekek - hawk: 1. any of numerous birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, having a short, hooked beak, broad wings, and curved talons, often seen circling or swooping at low altitudes.
mìnensaganj - hawthorn: 1. any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Crataegus, of the rose family, typically a small tree with stiff thorns, certain North American species of which have white or pink blossoms and bright-colored fruits and are cultivated in hedges.
mino-pimàdiz - healthy: 1. possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind.
wekosing - heap: 1. a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
nòndam - hear: 1. to perceive by the ear: Didn't you hear the doorbell?
ningwàkì-odàbàn - hearse: 1. a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
wàkwì - heaven: 1. the abode of God, the angels, and the spirits of the righteous after death; the place or state of existence of the blessed after the mortal life.
kwazigwan - heavy: 1. of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
nayàbishkàgedj - heir: 1. a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
madji-manidònàng - hell: 1. the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
àgòshtigwànewon - helmet: 1. any of various forms of protective head covering worn by soldiers, firefighters, divers, cyclists, etc.
kàgàgiminj - hemlock: 1. a poisonous plant, Conium maculatum, of the parsley family, having purple-spotted stems, finely divided leaves, and umbels of small white flowers, used medicinally as a powerful sedative.
madindàgan - herd: 1. a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock: a herd of cattle; a herd of sheep; a herd of zebras.
ashagì - heron: 1. any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
kokeyawens - herring: 1. an important food fish, Clupea harengus harengus, found in enormous shoals in the North Atlantic.
sagakì - hibernate: 1. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals.
onàwe - hiccup: 1. a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
kwagwànisaginàgoz - hideous: 1. horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
kwagwànisaginàgoz - hideous: 1. horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
ishpàkonigan - highrise: 1. (of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment house.
ondamìhiwe - hinder: 1. to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
ànikeyàdjimowin - history: 1. the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
kà-ànikeyàdjimodjig - historians: 1. an expert in history; authority on history.
menwenindaman inanokìwin - hobby: 1. an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
wàgizidàk - hoe: 1. a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
pibòniminagìn - holly: 1. any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex, as I. opaca (American holly) the state tree of Delaware, or I. aquifolium (English holly) having glossy, spiny-toothed leaves, small, whitish flowers, and red berries.
tewin - home: 1. a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
kashkiman - hone: 1. a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
kiji - honorable: 1. in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
agwandibewiwon - hood: 1. a soft or flexible covering for the head and neck, either separate or attached to a cloak, coat, or the like.
pabanàdiz - hopeless: 1. providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
eshkwàkamigàg - horizon: 1. the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
àkozìwigamig - hospital: 1. an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
pemàdizidj - human: 1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
tabasenim - humble: 1. not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
kijinàmode - humid: 1. containing a high amount of water or water vapor; noticeably moist: humid air; a humid climate.
ayagadjìhiwe - humiliate: 1. to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
ninànàdawe - huron: 1. a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
pisìbisidò - hurricane: 1. a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour (32 m/sec).
wìdigemàn - husband: 1. a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
shìgoshkàdjigan - husk: 1. the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
kìwedino-animosh - husky: 1. big and strong; burly.
tesigàn - hut: 1. a small or humble dwelling of simple construction, especially one made of natural materials, as of logs or grass.
ijinam - imagine: 1. to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
kìwaniziwin - immorality: 1. immoral quality, character, or conduct; wickedness; evilness.
kàgige-pimadiziwin - immortality: 1. immortal condition or quality; unending life.
pidakahigewin - immunization: 1. the fact or process of becoming immune, as against a disease.
gwìnawi-pìw - impatient: 1. not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
anàmenimà - implicate: 1. to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
kichi-inenindàgwad - important: 1. of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
mamengawitòn - improve: 1. to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
pagwanawewiz - impulsive: 1. actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
pimàdizìmagasinòn - inanimate: 1. not animate; lifeless.
pwànawitò - incapable: 1. not capable.
nòkwezigan-pigiw - incense: 1. an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
màdijigan - incision: 1. a cut, gash, or notch.
inagòdàwe - inclined: 1. deviating in direction from the horizontal or vertical; sloping.
gashkitàsowin - income: 1. the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
kikinawàdj - indicate: 1. to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show: His hesitation really indicates his doubt about the venture.
mànamandjiw - indisposed: 1. sick or ill, especially slightly: to be indisposed with a cold.
neningo - individually: 1. one at a time; separately: The delegates were introduced individually.
abinòdjìnjish - infant: 1. a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
wekwàyàsinòn - infinite:1. immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
sìdawà - inflexible: 1. not flexible; incapable of or resistant to being bent; rigid: an inflexible steel rod.
kikenindamòkì - inform: 1. to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to: He informed them of his arrival.
pìnzibadjigan - infusion: 1. the act or process of infusing.
nàbishkàn - inherit: 1. to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir: to inherit the family business.
mijìyà - injure: 1. to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
ojibìhiganàbò - ink: 1. a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
òjimindàganag - in-laws: 1. a relative by marriage.
pabaginige - innovate: 1. to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
nandoshkate - inquire: 1. to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
mazinikodjigan - inscription: 1. something inscribed.
manidjòsh - insect: 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
wanimikaw - insensible: 1. incapable of feeling or perceiving; deprived of sensation; unconscious, as a person after a violent blow.
nagika - insignificant: 1. unimportant, trifling, or petty: Omit the insignificant details.
wenibik - instant: 1. an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment: They arrived not an instant too soon.
pagwanà - instinct: 1. an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.
àbadjitòwin - instrument: 1. a mechanical tool or implement, especially one used for delicate or precision work: surgical instruments.
pisongewin - insult: 1. to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
nibwàkà - intelligent: 1. having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals: an intelligent student.
iji-midonenindam - intend: 1. to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan: We intend to leave in a month.
kagetin - intense: 1. existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
sàbenindamowin - interested: 1. having an interest in something; concerned: Interested members will meet at noon.
ondamìhiwe - interfere: 1. to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
pìndjihì - interior: 1. being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
anòdàgan - intermediary: 1. an intermediate agent or agency; a go-between or mediator.
enigokamigàk - international: 1. between or among nations; involving two or more nations: international trade.
ànikanòtamàge - interpret: 1. to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
pagwanawi-kikenindamowin - intuition: 1. direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension.
kìjenindàn - invent: 1. to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.
adjidakisin - inverse: 1. reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
anda-gikenindjige - investigate: 1. to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
nàgwasinòn - invisible: 1. not visible; not perceptible by the eye: invisible fluid.
pìmenimà - involve: 1. to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
nàban - irony: 1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
mikindjìyà - irritate: 1. to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
Itàniyan - italian: 1. of or pertaining to Italy, its people, or their language.
tòkinà - jab: 1. to poke, or thrust abruptly or sharply, as with the end or point of a stick.
omkàkwahigan - jack: 1. any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
pìsikawàgan - jacket: 1. a short coat, in any of various forms, usually opening down the front.
kidjigijigà - jagged: 1. having ragged notches, points, or teeth; zigzag: the jagged edge of a saw; a jagged wound.
kibawidi-wìgiwàm - jail: 1. a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
pàshkiminisigan - jam: 1. to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
odàmikan - jaw: 1. either of two bones, the mandible or maxilla, forming the framework of the mouth.
kàngwenindam - jealous: 1. feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
kà-tòtòbiseg - jelly: 1. a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.
wìkosatwàn - jerk: 1. a quick, sharp pull, thrust, twist, throw, or the like; a sudden movement: The train started with a jerk.
ininasin - jewel: 1. a cut and polished precious stone; gem.
wawejiwowàbikònsan - jewelry: 1. articles of gold, silver, precious stones, etc., for personal adornment.
jodáwininì - jewish: 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Jews or Judaism: Jewish customs.
shinawàbikisin - jingle: 1. to make clinking or tinkling sounds, as do coins, keys, or other light, resonant metal objects when coming into contact or being struck together repeatedly: The keys on his belt jingled as he walked.
agwàkwànàk - joist: 1. any of a number of small, parallel beams of timber, steel, reinforced concrete, etc., for supporting floors, ceilings, or the like.
mayesandwàziwinan - jokes: 1. something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
mòdjigiz - jolly: 1. in good spirits; gay; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
tibàkoniwehininì - judge: 1. a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
Miskomini-kìzis - july: 1. the seventh month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbreviation: Jul.
kwàshkwan - jump: 1. to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
makadewininìnàng pàgwàdakamig - jungle: 1. a wild land overgrown with dense vegetation, often nearly impenetrable, especially tropical vegetation or a tropical rain forest.
Odeyimin-kìzis - june: 1. the sixth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Jun.
kwayakwàkonigewin - justice: 1. the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness: to uphold the justice of a cause.
kwayak - just: 1. guided by truth, reason, justice, and fairness: We hope to be just in our understanding of such difficult situations.
kwàshkwaneshì - kangaroo: 1. any herbivorous marsupial of the family Macropodidae, of Australia and adjacent islands, having a small head, short forelimbs, powerful hind legs used for leaping, and a long, thick tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
meminàbawidjìsì - katydid: 1. any of several large, usually green, American long-horned grasshoppers, the males of which produce a characteristic song.
sìdawàkònagahigan - keel: 1. a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from the bottom of the hull to provide stability.
ganawenindàn - keep: 1. to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
wàwìyàndàgàns - keg: 1. a small cask or barrel, usually holding from 5 to 10 gallons (19 to 38 liters).
animoshiwigamig - kennel: 1. a house or shelter for a dog or a cat.
shìshìb-akik - kettle: 1. a metal container in which to boil liquids, cook foods, etc.; pot.
àbàbikahigan - key: 1. a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
tangishkige - kick: 1. to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
titigosì - kidney: 1. either of a pair of bean-shaped organs in the back part of the abdominal cavity that form and excrete urine, regulate fluid and electrolyte balance, and act as endocrine glands.
kijewàdiz - kind: 1. of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.
pòdawe - kindle: 1. to start (a fire); cause (a flame, blaze, etc.) to begin burning.
inawendiwin - kindred: 1. a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
ogimà - king: 1. a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people.
ogìshkimanisì - kingfisher: 1. any of numerous fish- or insect-eating birds of the family Alcedinidae that have a large head and a long, stout bill and are usually crested and brilliantly colored.
chìbakwewigamig - kitchen: 1. a room or place equipped for cooking.
pabàmàsachigan - kite: 1. a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
kìwìmin - kiwi: 1. the egg-sized, edible berry of the Chinese gooseberry, having fuzzy brownish skin and slightly tart green flesh.
màmàgodjìshkiwaginige - knead: 1. to work (dough, clay, etc.) into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching.
pikwàkwad - knob: 1. a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
kikenindjige - know: 1. to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
ishkweyàng - rear: 1. the back of something, as distinguished from the front: The porch is at the rear of the house.
ondji - reason: 1. a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
sòngideyeshkawà - reassure: 1. to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
màgòdiz - rebel: 1. a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
kwàshkweshin - rebound: 1. to bound or spring back from force of impact.
oditinige - receive: 1. to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
nànòmaye - recently: 1. of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.: recent events; a recent trip.
atàgan - receptacle: 1. a container, device, etc., that receives or holds something: a receptacle for trash.
nekwetang - receptionist: 1. a person employed to receive and assist callers, clients, etc., as in an office.
weditinigedj - recipient: 1. to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
àyàshkwad - reciprocal: 1. given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
nàbowàdà - recite: 1. to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner: to recite a lesson.
nisidawinàge - recognize: 1. to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
kagànzomà - rocommend: 1. to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
andwànikàdjigan - record: 1. to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence.
àndjichige - rectify: 1. to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
àndjibotàgàde - recycle: 1. to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse: recycling paper to save trees.
wàsàbikise - reflect: 1. to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
mazinàtesin - reflections: 1. the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
àbizìmandjiw - refreshed: 1. to provide new vigor and energy by rest, food, etc. (often used reflexively).
mikwamì-atàsowin - refrigerator: 1. a box, room, or cabinet in which food, drink, etc., are kept cool by means of ice or mechanical refrigeration.
apahiwe - refuge: 1. shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.: to take refuge from a storm.
ànwetam - refuse: 1. to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
mindjinawez - regretful: 1. full of regret; sorrowful because of what is lost, gone, or done.
mìwenimà - reject: 1. to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
pàpinenindam - rejoice: 1. to be glad; take delight (often followed by in): to rejoice in another's happiness.
ajese - relapse: 1. to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
inawendiwin - relationship: 1. a connection, association, or involvement.
pagidinà - release: 1. to make over (land, property, etc.), as to another.
màmakàdenindàgwad - remarkable: 1. notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
awìyàzowin - rent: 1. a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
wawejichige - repair: 1. to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
kìjìkawà - repay: 1. to pay back or refund, as money.
anòdàgan - representative: 1. a person or thing that represents another or others.
pemòdedj - reptile: 1. any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
inenindàgoziwin - reputation: 1. the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
pagosenindamowin - request: 1. the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
nandawenindjige - require: 1. to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
nàdamawà - rescue: 1. to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil.
wànashkob - reservoir: 1. a natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use, especially water for supplying a community, irrigating land, furnishing power, etc.
abìtàn - reside: 1. to live or dwell, as in a place.
pònità - resign: 1. to give up an office or position, often formally (often followed by from): to resign from the presidency.
nanàkwì - resist: 1. to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
nakwetam - respond: 1. to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
pimòndàn - responsible: 1. answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
anweb - rest: 1. the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep: a good night's rest.
wanishkwezi - restless: 1. characterized by or showing inability to remain at rest: a restless mood.
mindjiminà - restrain: 1. to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
àbidjìbàwin - resurrection: 1. the act of rising from the dead.
kìwenamàge - retaliate: 1. to return like for like, especially evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury.
ajehì - retreat: 1. the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
ningwaniz - retrieve: 1. to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
kìwe - return: 1. to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
kikenindamòjiwe - reveal: 1. to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
àshtawàwìdiwin - revenge: 1. to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit: He revenged his murdered brother.
kwek - reverse: 1. opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
agineyàb - review: 1. a critical article or report, as in a periodical, on a book, play, recital, or the like; critique; evaluation.
àbizìshin - revive: 1. to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew: to revive old feuds.
tibibàse - revolve: 1. to move in a circular or curving course or orbit: The earth revolves around the sun.
tenibànd - ribbon: 1. a woven strip or band of fine material, as silk or rayon, varying in width and finished off at the edges, used for ornament, tying, etc.
wànadiziwin - rich: 1. having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
oshedinà - ridge: 1. a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
pàpinodàge - ridicule: 1. speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
sìdawiz - rigid: 1. stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
miziwenazonàniwan - riot: 1. a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
kàpikinàn - rip: 1. to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.
adite - ripe: 1. having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
nànìzanad - risky: 1. attended with or involving risk; hazardous: a risky undertaking.
piskitehigan - rivet: 1. a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
pidikwe - roar: 1. to utter a loud, deep cry or howl, as in excitement, distress, or anger.
papichì - robin: 1. any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
sòngiz - robust: 1. strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
ayàgwen - rogue: 1. a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.
tidibàse - roll: 1. to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
wàwiyeyà - round: 1. having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
amadiniwe - rouse: 1. to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words.
pemi-ijàniwang - route: 1. a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
pabanàdiziwin - ruin: 1. the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
tibahigewin - rule: 1. a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
pabàmàdjimowin - rumour: 1. a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts: a rumor of war.
pimibatò - run: 1. to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
agwàgosin - rusted: 1. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
pasamotò - rut: 1. a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
sòngan - safe: 1. secure from liability to harm, injury, danger, or risk: a safe place.
pimàshiwàgan - sail: 1. an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
nàbikwàniwininì - sailor: 1. a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
odawàjameg - salmon: 1. a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
shìwitàgan - salt: 1. a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
nàsàb - same: 1. identical with what is about to be or has just been mentioned: This street is the same one we were on yesterday.
shòmisikàn - santa claus: 1. a benevolent figure of legend, associated with Saint Nicholas, supposed to bring gifts to children on Christmas Eve.
mitigòns - saplings: 1. a young tree.
pàpijimo - sarcastic: 1. of, pertaining to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
mazinisechigewonàgan - satellite: 1. a natural body that revolves around a planet; a moon.
shàbwàbàwe - saturated: 1. soaked, impregnated, or imbued thoroughly; charged thoroughly or completely; brought to a state of saturation.
agwàshinge - save: 1. to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
nìmàkwahigan - scaffold: 1. a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
odjìshiziwin - scar: 1. a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
wayàbandjigàdeg - scenery: 1. the general appearance of a place; the aggregate of features that give character to a landscape.
kikinàmàgan - scholar: 1. a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.
kikinàmàdìwigamig - school: 1. an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age: The children are at school.
mizimì-anda-gikenindjigewininì(kwe) - scientist: 1. an expert in science, especially one of the physical or natural sciences.
tagokomàn - scissors: 1. a cutting instrument for paper, cloth, etc., consisting of two blades, each having a ring-shaped handle, that are so pivoted together that their sharp edges work one against the other (often used with pair of).
kàshkibijiwe - scratch: 1. to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
wejibìhigedj - scribe: 1. a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
mazinàkwàdjigan - sculpture: 1. the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
kìshkijigan - scythe: 1. an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
nandonige - search: 1. to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
eji-kwekipibòng - season: 1. one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
wejibìhigedj - secretary: 1. a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
nibwàkà - sedate: 1. calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement: a sedate party; a sedate horse.
inenindàgoz - seem: 1. to appear to be, feel, do, etc.: She seems better this morning.
makandwe - seize: 1. to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
wìkàd - sledom: 1. on only a few occasions; rarely; infrequently; not often: We seldom see our old neighbors anymore.
tibinawe - self: 1. a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality: one's own self.
amanisowe - sense: 1. any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body.
Kàkone-kìzis - september: 1. the ninth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Sept., Sep.
mishikinebig - serpent: 1. a snake.
nasawahigàn - shack: 1. a rough cabin; shanty.
àgwàteshin - shadow: 1. a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
niningishkà - shake: 1. to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
midewininì - shaman: 1. (especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
kizìsabashtigwàni-gizìbìgahigan - shampoo: 1. to wash (the head or hair), especially with a cleaning preparation that does not leave a soap film.
pàsahàn - shatter: 1. to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
agwanìwon - shawl: 1. a square, triangular, or oblong piece of wool or other material worn, especially by women, about the shoulders, or the head and shoulders, in place of a coat or hat outdoors, and indoors as protection against chill or dampness.
pìndahòdjigan - sheath: 1. a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.
mànichenish - sheep: 1. any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
nibàganìgan - sheet: 1. a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
pàgakwàn - shield: 1. a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
kwekishimà - shift: 1. to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
nàbikwàn - ship: 1. a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
makizinan - shoes: 1. an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
kishpinadjige - shopping: 1. the act of a person who shops.
agamìng - shore: 1. the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
kìshkabwì - shovel: 1. an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
wàbandahiwe - show: 1. to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
pìsàgeshì - shrimp: 1. any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
kibahige - shut: 1. to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
nasanàm - sigh: 1. to let out one's breath audibly, as from sorrow, weariness, or relief.
pangate - silent: 1. making no sound; quiet; still: a silent motor.
pizinàdiz - silly: 1. weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer.
shòniyàkàde - silver: 1. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
wìskwey - sinew: 1. a tendon.
dawemà - sister: 1. a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
ningodwàsomidana - sixty: 1. a cardinal number, ten times six.
wewebasinàbàn - slingshot: 1. a Y-shaped stick with an elastic strip between the prongs for shooting stones and other small missiles.
ojàshishin - slip: 1. to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
pìmiskodjìsì - snail: 1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
pòkose - snap: 1. to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
nagwàn - snare: 1. a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
madwengàm - snore: 1. to breathe during sleep with hoarse or harsh sounds caused by the vibrating of the soft palate
agwindjimà - soak: 1. to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
kizìbìgahigan - soap: 1. a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
mikawenindjigan - souvenir: 1. a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
kijìkàwin - speed: 1. rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
àbadjtòwinan - tackle: 1. equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing: fishing tackle.
aseke - tan: 1. to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
mimigishkà - tangled: 1. snarled, interlaced, or mixed up: tangled thread.
chìshìhiwe - tantalize: 1. to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
agokiwasiganeyàb - tape: 1. a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
kodjipidàn - taste: 1. to try or test the flavor or quality of (something) by taking some into the mouth: to taste food.
nandòshkàgoziwin - tax: 1. a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
anòkì-odàbàn - taxi: 1. a public passenger vehicle, especially an automobile, usually fitted with a taximeter.
migonàdiz - tease: 1. to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
tòdòsh - teat: 1. the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
tòskàbandjigan - telescope: 1. an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed.
mazinàtesidjigan - television: 1. the broadcasting of a still or moving image via radiowaves to receivers that project a view of the image on a picture tube.
wìndamàge - tell: 1. to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
àkotewiz - temper: 1. a particular state of mind or feelings.
nàbazinàdjigan - template: 1. a pattern, mold, or the like, usually consisting of a thin plate of wood or metal, serving as a gauge or guide in mechanical work.
teteg - temple: 1. an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
wìkwadjìyà - tempt: 1. to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
ebìtang - tenant: 1. a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
inàdjimotòwin - theme: 1. a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting.
nindawàdj - therefore: 1. in consequence of that; as a result; consequently: I think; therefore I am.
kàndahigwàson - thimble: 1. a small cap, usually of metal, worn over the fingertip to protect it when pushing a needle through cloth in sewing.
wewenind - thoroughly: 1. executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.
inenindamowin - thought: 1. the product of mental activity; that which one thinks: a body of thought.
pangawog - throb: 1. to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
okwìnowag - throng: 1. a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
mindjichin - thumb: 1. the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
kogwànisagidjìbinà - tickle: 1. to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in; titillate.
pasagàn - tinder: 1. a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
pìsiz - tiny: 1. very small; minute; wee.
eji-wìnindj - title: 1. the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
mishìwàkizigan - toaster: 1. an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
odàbànàk - toboggon: 1. a long, narrow, flat-bottomed sled made of a thin board curved upward and backward at the front, often with low handrails on the sides, used especially in the sport of coasting over snow or ice.
ijàwin - toilet: 1. a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination.
enowek - tolerable: 1. capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
oshinimin - tomato: 1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Lycopersicon, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico and Central and South America, especially the widely cultivated species L. lycopersicum, bearing a mildly acid, pulpy, usually red fruit eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable.
wàbang - tomorrow: 1. the day following today: Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny.
tagwàkwehigan - tongs: 1. any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
sòngishkàge-mashkikì - tonic: 1. a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
àbadjitòwinan - tools: 1. an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
kìshkikà - torn: 1. split or cut
pòsikadò - tortoise: 1. a turtle, especially a terrestrial turtle.
kakina - total: 1. constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
òde-sakahàgan - totem-pole: 1. a pole or post carved and painted with totemic figures, erected by Indians of the northwest coast of North America, especially in front of their houses.
penàshkàdj - tourist: 1. a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure.
kibinepidjigan - tourniquet: 1. any device for arresting bleeding by forcibly compressing a blood vessel, as a bandage tightened by twisting.
sagahòdjige - tow: 1. to pull or haul (a car, barge, trailer, etc.) by a rope, chain, or other device: The car was towed to the service station.
inakehì - towards: 1. in the direction of: to walk toward the river.
kizìngwàn - towel: 1. an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
ishpi-wàkahigan - tower: 1. a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
òdena - town: 1. a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
àgwìtòsagiganà - town-house: 1. a house in the city, especially as distinguished from a house in the country owned by the same person.
nameyàn - trace: 1. a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige: traces of an advanced civilization among the ruins.
kitigàn-pòtàgan - tractor: 1. a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.
anokìwin - trade: 1. the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
anokìwin - trade: 1. the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
shaweshkitò - trample: 1. to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.
nàbibìhige - transcribe: 1. to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
ànikenamàge - transfer: 1. to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
àndakìnige - transplant: 1. to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
pabàmàdiz - travel: 1. to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey: to travel for pleasure.
wànandiziwin - treasure: 1. wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
nakondiwin - treaty: 1. a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
mitàso-ashidj-nìj - twelve: 1. a cardinal number, 10 plus 2.
mànàdad - ugly: 1. very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance.
pàshkananiwin - ulcer: 1. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
keg-apìch - ultimately: 1. last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.
pisitam - umbrage: 1. offense; annoyance; displeasure: to feel umbrage at a social snub; to give umbrage to someone; to take umbrage at someone's rudeness.
agawàtewin - umbrella: 1. a light, small, portable, usually circular cover for protection from rain or sun, consisting of a fabric held on a collapsible frame of thin ribs radiating from the top of a carrying stick or handle.
pwànawitò - unable: 1. lacking the necessary power, competence, etc., to accomplish some specified act: He was unable to swim.
tisì - unaffected: 1. free from affectation; sincere; genuine: The man showed unaffected grief at the death of his former opponent.
pejigwenindamowin - unanimous: 1. of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed.
pagwanònon - unaware: 1. not aware or conscious; unconscious: to be unaware of any change.
pagwànawàdiz - uncivilized: 1. not civilized or cultured; barbarous.
mishòmenj(father's brother) - jishenj(mother's brother) - uncle: 1. a brother of one's father or mother.
wanimikaw - unconscious: 1. not conscious; without awareness, sensation, or cognition.
michishin - uncover: 1. to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
àyàjawenindam - undecided: 1. not decided or determined.
nisidotam - understand: 1. to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
ningwàkìwininì - undertaker: 1. a person, usually a licensed embalmer, who supervises or conducts the preparation of the dead for burial and directs or arranges funerals.
piniskonàn - undo: 1. to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
màwìn - undoubtedly: 1. not called in question; accepted as beyond doubt; undisputed.
kidjigàshkà - undulating: 1. to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement: The flag undulates in the breeze.
sanagenindam - uneasy: 1. not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
mìw - unenthused: 1. Not interested or appreciative; unenthusiastic:
kayesikàdj - unexpectedly: 1. not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development.
manahàn - unfasten: 1. to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
tajweginige - unfold: 1. to bring out of a folded state; spread or open out: Unfold your arms.
wìyagàdj - unfortunately: 1. suffering from bad luck: an unfortunate person.
pakwazikà - unglued: 1. separated or detached; not glued.
nesodamenindam - unhappy: 1. sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
àbiskòpidjige - unharness: 1. to strip of harness; detach the harness from (a horse, mule, etc.).
àkozìwàdiz - unhealthy: 1. not in a state of good or normal health; in an unsound, weak, or morbid condition.
payejigweshkanedj - unicorn: 1. a mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of chastity or purity.
pejigo-dìtibisewebishkàdjigan - unicycle: 1. a vehicle with one wheel, especially a pedal-driven device kept upright and steered by body balance, commonly used by acrobats and other performers.
nagikà - unimportant: 1. lacking in significance or value: unimportant matters.
pit - unintentionally: 1. not intentional or deliberate: an unintentional omission from the list.
màmiwìhidiwin - union: 1. the act of uniting two or more things.
mindjiminidiwin - unity: 1. the state of being one; oneness.
miziwekamig - universal: 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of all or the whole: universal experience.
miziwekamig - universal: 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of all or the whole: universal experience.
madjitwà - unkind: 1. lacking in kindness or mercy; severe.
kìshpin-egà - unless: 1. except under the circumstances that: I'll be there at nine, unless the train is late.
agwànàso - unload: 1. to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from: to unload a truck; to unload a cart.
àbàbikahige - unlock: 1. to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
wanishkwez - unmanageable: 1. difficult or impossible to manage, manipulate, or control.
pejigwanòng - unmoving: 1. incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
anwàtà - unoccupied: 1. without occupants; empty; vacant.
àbiskonige - unpack: 1. to undo or remove the contents from (a box, trunk, etc.).
wìshtàzipogozi - unpleasant: 1. not pleasant; displeasing; disagreeable; offensive: an unpleasant taste; an unpleasant situation; an unpleasant manner.
piniskonàn - unravel: 1. to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.).
onzàmiz - unreasonable: 1. not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
kìchigwahige - unscrew: 1. to draw or loosen a screw from (a hinge, bracket, etc.).
àkotewiz - unsociable: 1. not sociable; having, showing, or marked by a disinclination to friendly social relations; withdrawn.
kàpikinàn - unstitch: 1. one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
ako - until: 1. up to the time that or when; till: He read until his guests arrived.
pàkadji - untimely: 1. not timely; not occurring at a suitable time or season; ill-timed or inopportune: An untimely downpour stopped the game.
pàkinige - unveil: 1. to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal: The woman unveiled herself.
àkomandjiw - unwell: 1. not well; ailing; ill.
nanagàhì - unwilling: 1. not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.
àbahòdjige - unwind: 1. to undo or loosen from or as if from a coiled condition: to unwind a rolled bandage; to unwind a coiled rope.
mayà - upright: 1. erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
manakìbinà - uproot: 1. to pull out by or as if by the roots: The hurricane uprooted many trees and telephone poles.
kwenibise - upset: 1. to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
animikonàn - upside-down: 1. with the upper part undermost.
nanamìng - upstream: 1. toward or in the higher part of a stream; against the current.
abinòdjìnjish - urchin: 1. a mischievous boy.
kagànzonge - urge: 1. to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
shishiwin - urine: 1. the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
tobahigewin - usage: 1. a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice: the usages of the last 50 years.
nità - usually: 1. habitual or customary: her usual skill.
kitinamàdiz - usurp: 1. to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.
wìsini-àbadjitòwinan - utensils: 1. any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.: eating utensils; baking utensils.
kodjiyàyagà - utmost: 1. of the greatest or highest degree, quantity, or the like; greatest: of the utmost importance.
kàgàgim - uvula: 1. the small, fleshy, conical body projecting downward from the middle of the soft palate.
anwàtàwin - vacation: 1. a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
omigìkàzowin - vaccination: 1. the act or practice of vaccinating; inoculation with vaccine.
mashkiki - vaccines: 1. any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses, to stimulate antibody production.
sheshkwàt - vainly: 1. ineffectual or unsuccessful; futile: vain hopes; a vain effort; a vain war.
tawadinà - valley: 1. an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream.
apìtenindàgwad - valuable: 1. having considerable monetary worth; costing or bringing a high price: a valuable painting; a valuable crop.
kwekawosì - vampire: 1. a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
àwajiwe-odàbanens - van: 1. the foremost or front division of an army, a fleet, or any group leading an advance or in position to lead an advance.
pakwenegamizigan - vapor: 1. a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air: the vapors rising from the bogs.
wìyagi - various: 1. of different kinds, as two or more things; differing one from another: Various experiments have not proved his theory.
wàshewejìnigan - varnish: 1. a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
ketigàniwangin - vegetables: 1. any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as the tomato, bean, beet, potato, onion, asparagus, spinach, or cauliflower.
odàbàn - vehicle: 1. any means in or by which someone travels or something is carried or conveyed; a means of conveyance or transport: a motor vehicle; space vehicles.
agwìngwewon - veil: 1. a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
kichitwàwenindàgoz - venerable: 1. commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character: a venerable member of Congress.
àshtawàwìdiwin - vengeance: 1. infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge: But have you the right to vengeance?
awesìnz-wìyàs - venison: 1. the flesh of a deer or similar animal as used for food.
epineyàn - venture: 1. an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one: a mountain-climbing venture.
tesagòde - veranda: 1. a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery.
nanda-kwayakwenindjige - verify: 1. to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
sìnzigwàzon - vest: 1. a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
namesin - vestige: 1. a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence: A few columns were the last vestiges of a Greek temple.
madji-inàdiziwin - vice: 1. an immoral or evil habit or practice.
pakinwàgewin - victory: 1. a success or triumph over an enemy in battle or war.
mazinàdjigan - video camera: 1. a portable, handheld camera that records onto videotape for playback, especially on a television screen.
atwàge-mazinisechigan - video game: 1. any of various games played using a microcomputer with a keyboard and often joysticks to manipulate changes or respond to the action or questions on the screen.
nìbebiwin - vigil: 1. wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping.
kijijawiz - vigorous: 1. full of or characterized by vigor: a vigorous effort.
pagwanodam - vilify: 1. to speak ill of; defame; slander.
showeminaganj - vine: 1. any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
pìnegan - vinegar: 1. a sour liquid consisting of dilute and impure acetic acid, obtained by acetous fermentation from wine, cider, beer, ale, or the like: used as a condiment, preservative, etc.
kidàbìgahigan - violin: 1. the treble instrument of the family of modern bowed instruments, held nearly horizontal by the player's arm with the lower part supported against the collarbone or shoulder.
tesanàkwe - virgin: 1. a person who has never had sexual intercourse.
nibwàkà - virtuous: 1. conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life.
nàgwad - visible: 1. that can be seen; perceptible to the eye: mountains visible in the distance.
mamàndàwinamowin - vision: 1. the act or power of sensing with the eyes; sight.
madawishiwe - visit: 1. to go to and stay with (a person or family) or at (a place) for a short time for reasons of sociability, politeness, business, curiosity, etc.: to visit a friend; to visit clients; to visit Paris.
sòngishkàgewinan - vitamins: 1. any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism, found in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced synthetically: deficiencies of vitamins produce specific disorders.
ishkodewadjiw - volcano: 1. a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals.
shìshigagwowe - vomit: 1. to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up.
onàkonigewin - vote: 1. a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
nàbitònamowin - vow: 1. a solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment: marriage vows; a vow of secrecy.
pinàshkà - voyage: 1. a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.
wìnànge - vulture: 1. any of several large, primarily carrion-eating Old World birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, often having a naked head and less powerful feet than those of the related hawks and eagles.
mànjiwebinige - waddle: 1. to walk with short steps, swaying or rocking from side to side, as a duck.
màdagàzì - wade: 1. to walk in water, when partially immersed: He wasn't swimming, he was wading.
pigìkàdjigan - wafer: 1. a thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored.
kìjìkàgoziwin - wages: 1. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week.
tìtibise-odàbàn - wagon: 1. any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
sàsàkowedemo - wail: 1. to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
pìw - wait: 1. to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
koshkoz - wake: 1. to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).
shòniyà-gigiziwin - wallet: 1. a flat, folding pocketbook, especially one large enough to hold paper money, credit cards, driver's license, etc., and sometimes having a compartment for coins.
tidìtibidjìshkiwagità - wallow: 1. to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment: Goats wallowed in the dust.
pabàmàdiz - wander: 1. to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth.
nandawenindjige - want: 1. to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
mìgàdinàn - war: 1. a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
takoniwe-mazinahigan - warrant: 1. authorization, sanction, or justification.
shimàganish - warrior: 1. a person engaged or experienced in warfare; soldier.
chìchìg - wart: 1. a small, often hard, abnormal elevation on the skin, usually caused by a papomavirus.
kizì - wash: 1. to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
napisidjigan - washer: 1. a person or thing that washes.
àmò - wasp: 1. any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.
wanàdjitàso - waste: 1. to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
tigow - wave: 1. a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
wàsakotewehigan - wax: 1. a solid, yellowish, nonglycerine substance allied to fats and oils, secreted by bees, plastic when warm and melting at about 145°F, variously employed in making candles, models, casts, ointments, etc., and used by bees in constructing their honeycomb.
shewiz - weak: 1. not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
wànadiz - wealthy: 1. having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
ashwìwinan - weapon: 1. any instrument or device for use in attack or defense in combat, fighting, or war, as a sword, rifle, or cannon
shingosì - weasel: 1. any small carnivore of the genus Mustela, of the family Mustelidae, having a long, slender body and feeding chiefly on small rodents.
pìmatehige - weave: 1. to interlace (threads, yarns, strips, fibrous material, etc.) so as to form a fabric or material.
nìbawewin - wedding: 1. the act or ceremony of marrying; marriage; nuptials.
tanàgan - wedge: 1. a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer.
wìyagashkoshan - weeds: 1. A plant considered undesirable, unattractive, or troublesome, especially one growing where it is not wanted, as in a garden. b. Rank growth of such plants.
ningo-manàdjitàgan - week: 1. a period of seven successive days, usually understood as beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday.
anokì-kìjig - week-day: 1. any day of the week except Sunday or, often, Saturday and Sunday.
mawi - weep: 1. to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears; shed tears; cry: to weep for joy; to weep with rage.
tibàbàdjige - weigh: 1. to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
tagwàbikizige - weld: 1. to unite or fuse (as pieces of metal) by hammering, compressing, or the like, especially after rendering soft or pasty by heat, and sometimes with the addition of fusible material like or unlike the pieces to be united.
mino-pimàdiziwin - welfare: 1. the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being: to look after a child's welfare; the physical or moral welfare of society.
shangàbìyanong - west: 1. a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the left when facing north, corresponding to the point where the sun is seen to set. Abbreviation: W
nibìwan - wet: 1. moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
misameg - whale: 1. any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
niminàweyàkonigan - wharf: 1. a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.
tìtibise - wheel: 1. a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
pwànwitò-tesabiwàgan - wheelchair: 1. a chair mounted on wheels for use by persons who cannot walk.
àwadànwangwàn - wheelbarrow: 1. a frame or box for conveying a load, supported at one end by a wheel or wheels, and lifted and pushed at the other by two horizontal shafts.
ejàyànin - whenever: 1. at whatever time; at any time when: Come whenever you like.
àndìdog - wherever: 1. in, at, or to whatever place.
kìshpin - whether: 1. (used to introduce the first of two or more alternatives, and sometimes repeated before the second or later alternative, usually with the correlative or): It matters little whether we go or stay. Whether we go or whether we stay, the result is the same.
shìgwàgamahigan - whey: 1. a milk serum, separating as liquid from the curd after coagulation, as in cheese making.
awenen - which: 1. what one?: Which of these do you want? Which do you want?
megwehi - while: 1. a period or interval of time: to wait a long while; He arrived a short while ago.
sìsìnge - whine: 1. to utter a low, usually nasal, complaining cry or sound, as from uneasiness, discontent, peevishness, etc.: The puppies were whining from hunger.
pashanjehigan - whip: 1. to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
tidibàbide - whirl: 1. to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly: The merry-go-round whirled noisily.
àyàbamòdjiwan - whirlpool: 1. water in swift, circular motion, as that produced by the meeting of opposing currents, often causing a downward spiraling action.
àyàbamoyànimad - whirlwind: 1. any of several relatively small masses of air rotating rapidly around a more or less vertical axis and advancing simultaneously over land or sea, as a dust devil, tornado, or waterspout.
ishkodewàbò - whiskey: 1. an alcoholic liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grain, as barley, rye, or corn, and usually containing from 43 to 50 percent alcohol.
kwìshkwish - whistle: 1. to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
kwìshkwish - whistle: 1. to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
akì - world: 1. the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
tibàbìginigan - yard: 1. a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
nigopibòn - year: 1. a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
ombidjìzigan - yeast: 1. any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
mashi - yet: 1. at the present time; now: Don't go yet. Are they here yet?
panàbe - yeti: 1. a legendary large, hairy, humanoid creature said to inhabit the Himalayas.
kagàkone - yield: 1. to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
shìwàgamehigan - yogurt: 1. a prepared food having the consistency of custard, made from milk curdled by the action of cultures, sometimes sweetened or flavored.
mitig-nàbikàgan - yoke: 1. a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal.
awede - yonder: 1. being in that place or over there; being that or those over there: That road yonder is the one to take.
wawìsisoziwin - zeal: 1. fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
peshagì - zebra: 1. any of several horselike African mammals of the genus Equus, each species having a characteristic pattern of black or dark-brown stripes on a whitish background: all zebra species are threatened or endangered.
wàbàbik - zinc: 1. a ductile, bluish-white metallic element: used in making galvanized iron, brass, and other alloys, and as an element in voltaic cells. Symbol: Zn; atomic weight: 65.37; atomic number: 30; specific gravity: 7.14 at 20°C.
adàbikìpidjigan - zipper: 1. a device used for fastening clothing, valises, etc., consisting of two toothed tracks or spiral metal or plastic coils, each bordering one of two edges to be joined, and a piece that either interlocks or separates them when pulled.
awesìnzikàn - zoo: 1. a parklike area in which live animals are kept in cages or large enclosures for public exhibition.
ondamitàwin - labour: 1. productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
asabìgwey - lace: 1. a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
manez-i - lack: 1. deficiency or absence of something needed, desirable, or customary: lack of money; lack of skill.
pimòndayà-n - lade: 1. to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
mamandàgokwe - lady: 1. a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken: She may be poor and have little education, but she's a real lady.
mawinge - lament: 1. to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
keshàwàdjichigan - landmark: 1. a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road; a distinguishing landscape feature marking a site or location: The post office served as a landmark for locating the street to turn down.
pawàsendjigan - lantern: 1. a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.
chìngwan - lap: 1. the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
pimide - lard: 1. the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
kigìbigomesì - lark: 1. any of numerous, chiefly Old World oscine birds, of the family Alaudidae, characterized by an unusually long, straight hind claw, especially the skylark, Alauda arvensis.
kàbàtezigan - lasagna: 1. large, flat, rectangular strips of pasta.
nabagisagòns - lath: 1. a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
tidibàbidjigan - lathe: 1. a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
makadewikonayemowin - latin: 1. an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L
pakobìnige - launch: 1. to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
tatagwàng - lawn: 1. a stretch of open, grass-covered land, especially one closely mowed, as near a house, on an estate, or in a park.
tibàkonigewininì - lawyer: 1. a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.
kitiminàs - lazy: 1. averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
anìbìsh - leaf: 1. one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
anibeyà - lean: 1. to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
padakàbijìyà - lean-to: 1. a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
kwàshkwan-i. See jump. - leap: 1. to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
màdjà-ì - leave: 1. to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
kagànzongewin - lecture: 1. a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
kìbàg tesàbikàg - ledge: 1. a relatively narrow, projecting part, as a horizontal, shelflike projection on a wall or a raised edge on a tray.
odakiskwàdjime - leech: 1. any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
pagakibìhigàde - legible: 1. capable of being read or deciphered, especially with ease, as writing or printing; easily readable.
onàkonigewin - legislation: 1. the act of making or enacting laws.
kinwàtòn - lengthen: 1. to make longer; make greater in length.
nabagimin - lentil: 1. a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
kidagà-pijiw - leopard: 1. a large, spotted Asian or African carnivore, Panthera pardus, of the cat family, usually tawny with black markings; the Old World panther: all leopard populations are threatened or endangered.
tàtagàdiz-i - lethargic: 1. of, pertaining to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish.
kijewadiz-i - liberal: 1. favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
nàbowàdjigewigamig - library: 1. a place set apart to contain books, periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or borrowed.
agwanàbwehigan - lid: 1. a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
ombinige - lift: 1. to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
nabagashk - lily: 1. any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers.
shòbàgizi - limber: 1. characterized by ease in bending the body; supple; lithe.
wàbajashkì - lime: 1. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
wekwà - limit: 1. the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
ishkodewàbò - liquor: 1. a distilled or spirituous beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer.
mànjikìjowe - lisp:1. a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th-sounds of thin and this, respectively.
maw (m) andobìhigewin - vlist: 1. a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record: a list of members.
koshkwàwàdiz-i - listless: 1. having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake.
pangì - little: 1. small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
pimàdiz-i - live: 1. to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
màdjìshkàtòn - 1. to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly. 2. to work or use a machine, apparatus, or the like. 3. to act effectively; produce an effect; exert force or influence (often followed by on or upon): Their propaganda is beginning to operate on the minds of the people.
mishish - 1. without concealment, deception, or prevarication, esp. where these might be expected; frankly or honestly.
inenindamowin - 1. a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty. 2. a personal view, attitude, or appraisal. 3. the formal expression of a professional judgment: to ask for a second medical opinion.
mìgàdinowàgan - 1. a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.
minwàgàj - 1. appropriate, favorable, or suitable: an opportune phrase for the occasion. 2. occurring or coming at an appropriate time; well-timed: an opportune warning.
nanàkwì - 1. to act against or provide resistance to; combat. 2. to stand in the way of; hinder; obstruct. 3. to set as an opponent or adversary.
tibishkòdj - 1. situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room. 2. contrary or radically different in some respect common to both, as in nature, qualities, direction, result, or significance; opposed: opposite sides in a controversy; opposite directions.
ijinamowin - 1. something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality. 2. the state or condition of being deceived; misapprehension.
mindjidwe - 1. an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate. 2. a command of a court or judge. 3. a command or notice issued by a military organization or a military commander to troops, sailors, etc.
pibigwàn - 1. a musical instrument consisting of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects. 2. any of various similar instruments, as a reed organ or an electronic organ. 3. a barrel organ or hand organ.
ondjishin - 1. to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise: The practice originated during the Middle Ages. 2. (of a train, bus, or other public conveyance) to begin a scheduled run at a specified place: This train originates at Philadelphia.
sazegàchigan - 1. an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part: architectural ornaments.
nanìnawijàn - 1. a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent. 2. a young animal that has been deserted by or has lost its mother. 3. a person or thing that is without protective affiliation, sponsorship, etc.: The committee is an orphan of the previous administration.
ogìshkimanisì - 1. a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.
shegondibeyànwangesì - 1. a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds. 2. (not used scientifically) a rhea. 3. a person who attempts to ignore unpleasant facts or situations.
kodag - 1. additional or further: he and one other person. 2. different or distinct from the one mentioned or implied: in some other city; Some other design may be better. 3. different in nature or kind: I would not have him other than he is.
otawag-bìnzàbindjigan - 1. an instrument for examining the external canal and tympanic membrane of the ear.
ki - 1. (a form of the possessive case of we used as an attributive adjective): Our team is going to win. Do you mind our going on ahead?
agwadj - 1. away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner. 2. away from one's home, country, work, etc., as specified: to go out of town. 3. in or into the outdoors: to go out for a walk.
ayàgwen - 1. a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society: In the beginning the area was settled by outcasts, adventurers, and felons. 2. a homeless wanderer; vagabond. 3. rejected matter; refuse.
onàbikà - 1. Geology a. a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth. b. the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein. 2. something that emerges suddenly or violently in the manner of an outcrop; outbreak: an outcrop of student demonstrations.
tesà - 1. to spread out; extend: an eagle outspreading its wings.
wàwiye-jàgawà - 1. having the general form, shape, or outline of an egg; egg-shaped. 2. ellipsoidal or elliptical.
onzàmiz-i - 1. domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant. 2. of overwhelming or critical importance.
kidònagise - 1. over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
ningwànakwad - 1. overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy: an overcast day. 2. (of the sky) more than 95 percent covered by clouds. 3. dark; gloomy.
shàgòdjìyà-n - 1. to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy. 2. to prevail over (opposition, a debility, temptations, etc.); surmount: to overcome one's weaknesses. 3. to overpower or overwhelm in body or mind, as does liquor, a drug, exertion, or emotion: I was overcome with grief.
tesagòde - 1. to hang or be suspended over: A great chandelier overhung the ballroom. 2. to extend, project, or jut over: A wide balcony overhangs the garden. 3. to impend over or threaten, as danger or evil; loom over: The threat of war overhung Europe.
apisiz-i - livid: 1. having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails.
shemàg - 1. to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate. 2. to cover and extend beyond (something else): The ends of cloth overlap the table. 3. to coincide in part with; have in common with: two lives that overlapped each other.
onzàm - 1. excessively; too: a voyage not overly dangerous.
kìkadànàng - lizard: 1. any of numerous scaly reptiles of the suborder Sauria, order Squamata, typically having a moderately elongate body, a tapering tail, and two pairs of legs held outward from the body, comprising mostly terrestrial and burrowing species.
wìwajiwin - load: 1. anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
nìgànizì - 1. a person who oversees; supervisor; manager: the overseer of a plantation.
shemàg - 1. to shoot or go over, beyond, or above; miss: The missile overshot its target. 2. to pass or go by or beyond (a point, limit, etc.): to overshoot a stop sign. 3. to shoot or pour down over: turbulent water overshooting the top of the dam.
adimà-n - 1. to catch up with in traveling or pursuit; draw even with: By taking a cab to the next town, we managed to overtake and board the train. 2. to catch up with and pass, as in a race; move by: He overtook the leader three laps from the finish. 3. to move ahead of in achievement, production, score, etc.; surpass: to overtake all other countries in steel production.
nàbigijimànà - 1. to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse. 2. to overpower or overcome, especially with superior forces; destroy; crush: Roman troops were overwhelmed by barbarians. 3. to cover or bury beneath a mass of something, as floodwaters, debris, or an avalanche; submerge: Lava from erupting Vesuvius overwhelmed the city of Pompeii.
ashàge - lobster: 1. any of various large, edible, marine, usually dull-green, stalk-eyed decapod crustaceans of the family Homaridae, especially of the genus Homarus, having large, asymmetrical pincers on the first pair of legs, one used for crushing and the other for cutting and tearing: the shell turns bright red when cooked.
mazinehige - 1. to be under obligation to pay or repay: to owe money to the bank; to owe the bank interest on a mortgage. 2. to be in debt to: He says he doesn't owe anybody. 3. to be indebted (to) as the cause or source of: to owe one's fame to good fortune.
àdisegahigan - lock: 1. a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
tibenimà-n - 1. of, pertaining to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money. 2. (used as an intensifier to indicate oneself as the sole agent of some activity or action, preceded by a possessive): He insists on being his own doctor.
nesewin - 1. a colorless, odorless, gaseous element constituting about one-fifth of the volume of the atmosphere and present in a combined state in nature. It is the supporter of combustion in air and was the standard of atomic, combining, and molecular weights until 1961, when carbon 12 became the new standard. Symbol: O; atomic weight: 15.9994; atomic number: 8; density: 1.4290 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure
adisiwayeshì - locust: 1. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
esìnz - 1. any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water. 2. the oyster-shaped bit of dark meat in the front hollow of the side bone of a fowl. 3. a closemouthed or uncommunicative person, especially one who keeps secrets well.
ishpà - lofty: 1. extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
mitig - log: 1. a portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree.
takokìwin - 1. a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour. 2. a rate of activity, progress, growth, performance, etc.; tempo. 3. any of various standard linear measures, representing the space naturally measured by the movement of the feet in walking: roughly 30 to 40 inches (75 cm to 1 meter).
ayab-i - loiter: 1. to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
gashkenindam - lonely: 1. affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
okàdeniganàtig - loon: 1. any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
nabagisagòg - lumber: 1. timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
àshi - lured: 1. anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
wàsakozi - lustre: 1. the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
nekàwàbò - lye: 1. a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
pijiw - lynx: 1. any of several wildcats of the genus Lynx (or Felis), having long limbs, a short tail, and usually tufted ears, especially L. lynx (Canada lynx) of Canada and the northern U.S., having grayish-brown fur marked with white.
mizi-dibàdjimowini-eshkwemag - magazine: 1. a publication that is issued periodically, usually bound in a paper cover, and typically contains essays, stories, poems, etc., by many writers, and often photographs and drawings, frequently specializing in a particular subject or area, as hobbies, news, or sports.
mamàndà-gashkitòwin - magic: 1. the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring: to pull a rabbit out of a hat by magic.
wìngawàdjìyà-n - 1. to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man. 2. to appease: to pacify one's appetite. 3. to reduce to a state of submission, especially by military force; subdue.
wìwajiwin - 1. a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack. 2. a definite quantity or standard measure of something wrapped up or otherwise assembled for merchandising (sometimes used in combination): a pack of cigarettes; a six-pack of beer.
oditinigewin - mail: 1. letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail.
nakondiwin - 1. an agreement, covenant, or compact: We made a pact not to argue any more. 2. an agreement or treaty between two or more nations: a pact between Germany and Italy.
gashkàbikahigan - 1. a portable or detachable lock with a pivoted or sliding shackle that can be passed through a link, ring, staple, or the like.
eyamìyàsig - 1. one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion, as the ancient Romans and Greeks. 2. a person who is not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim. 3. an irreligious or hedonistic person.
akik - 1. bucket 2. the amount filling a pail.
kodagitòwin - 1. a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art. 2. an application of this. 3. the dried surface pigment: Don't scuff the paint.
wewàn - 1. two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings. 2. something consisting of or regarded as having two parts or pieces joined together: a pair of scissors; a pair of slacks. 3. two individuals who are similar or in some way associated: a pair of liars; a pair of seal pups.
nibe-agwìwinan - 1. night clothes consisting of loose-fitting trousers and jacket. 2. loose-fitting trousers, usually of silk or cotton, worn by both sexes in the Orient.
ikewin - making: 1. the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
kichi-ogimàwigamig - 1. the official residence of a king, queen, bishop, or other sovereign or exalted personage. 2. a large and stately mansion or building. 3. a large and usually ornate place for entertainment, exhibitions, etc.
onagask - 1. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. 2. the sense of taste: a dinner to delight the palate.
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mamàdjideyeshkà - 1.an unusually or abnormally rapid or violent beating of the heart.
ininì - male: 1. a person bearing an X and Y chromosome pair in the cell nuclei and normally having a penis, scrotum, and testicles, and developing hair on the face at adolescence; a boy or man.
gikenindamòjiwensan - 1. a complete publication of generally less than 80 pages stitched or stapled together and usually having a paper cover. 2. a short treatise or essay, generally a controversial tract, on some subject of contemporary interest: a political pamphlet.
sàsekwàn - 1. a broad, shallow container of metal, usually having sides flaring outward toward the top, used in various forms for frying, baking, washing, etc. 2. any similar receptacle or part, as the scales of a balance. 3. the amount a pan holds or can hold; panful: a pan of shelled peas.
pazigwawònsag - 1. a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack. 2. an airplane landing made by pancaking.
ayekwanàm-o - 1. to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion. 2. to gasp, as for air. 3. to long with breathless or intense eagerness; yearn: to pant for revenge.
mishi-pijiw - 1. the cougar or puma, Felis concolor. 2. the leopard, Panthera pardus. 3. any leopard in the black color phase.
atàsowin - 1. a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept. 2. a room between the kitchen and dining room in which food is arranged for serving, glassware and dishes are stored, etc. 3. a shelter or other place where food is dispensed to the needy, either as groceries or as meals.
anagabeshàgan - 1. a usually loose-fitting outer garment for the lower part of the body, having individual leg portions that reach typically to the ankle but sometimes to any of various other points from the upper leg down.
anagabeshàgan - 1. a usually loose-fitting outer garment for the lower part of the body, having individual leg portions that reach typically to the ankle but sometimes to any of various other points from the upper leg down.
eshkwemagokàdjigan - 1. a substance made of pulped paper or paper pulp mixed with glue and other materials or of layers of paper glued and pressed together, molded when moist to form various articles, and becoming hard and strong when dry.
àwechigan - 1. a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson. 2. a statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison, analogy, or the like.
pònìsawon - 1. a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, especially from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall. 2. parachute brake 3. a shockproofing device for the balance staff of a watch, consisting of a yielding, springlike support for the bearing at either end.
tibishkòdjisinòn - 1. extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees. 2. having the same direction, course, nature, or tendency; corresponding; similar; analogous: Canada and the U.S. have many parallel economic interests. 3. Geometry a. (of straight lines) lying in the same plane but never meeting no matter how far extended. b. (of planes) having common perpendiculars. c. (of a single line, plane, etc.) equidistant from another or others (usually followed by to or with).
niboziwin - 1. Pathology a. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. b. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy. 2. a state of helpless stoppage, inactivity, or inability to act: The strike caused a paralysis of all shipping.
midewiwin - 1. of or pertaining to the claimed occurrence of an event or perception without scientific explanation, as psychokinesis, extrasensory perception, or other purportedly supernatural phenomena.
gashkapidjigan - 1. an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle. 2. a quantity or unit of something, as of a commodity for sale; lot. 3. a group, collection, or assemblage of persons or things.
kàpakamigà - 1. to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do. 2. to make dry, hot, or thirsty: Walking in the sun parched his throat. 3. to dry (peas, beans, grain, etc.) by exposure to heat without burning; to toast or roast slightly: A staple of the Indian diet was parched corn.
wanisidamàge - 1. kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street? 2. Law. a. a release from the penalty of an offense; a remission of penalty, as by a governor. b. the document by which such remission is declared. 3. forgiveness of a serious offense or offender.
nìgìgòg - 1. a father or a mother. 2. an ancestor, precursor, or progenitor. 3. a source, origin, or cause.
odàbàn-asandjigokàn - 1. an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
pàshkandamò - 1. any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets. 2. a person who, without thought or understanding, merely repeats the words or imitates the actions of another. verb (used with object) 1. to repeat or imitate without thought or understanding.
pakwenigan - 1. a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together. 2. an essential or integral attribute or quality: a sense of humor is part of a healthy personality. 3. a section or division of a literary work.
pikonàgoz-i - malformed: 1. faultily or anomalously formed.
memindage - 1. in a particular or to an exceptional degree; especially: He read it with particularly great interest. 2. in a particular manner; specifically; individually. 3. in detail; minutely.
kotewiz-i - malicious: 1. full of, characterized by, or showing malice; malevolent; spiteful: malicious gossip.
àdjikinàdjigan - 1. a division into or distribution in portions or shares. 2. a separation, as of two or more things. 3. something that separates or divides.
pagamàgan - mallet: 1. a hammerlike tool with a head commonly of wood but occasionally of rawhide, plastic, etc., used for driving any tool with a wooden handle, as a chisel, or for striking a surface.
wìdjìwàgan - 1. a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate. 2. Law. a. a person associated with another or others as a principal or a contributor of capital in a business or a joint venture, usually sharing its risks and profits.
màwandòseg - 1. a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party. 2. a group gathered for a special purpose or task: a fishing party; a search party. 3. a detachment, squad, or detail of troops assigned to perform some particular mission or service.
pimi-ijà-i - 1. to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road. 2. to let go without notice, action, remark, etc.; leave unconsidered; disregard; overlook: Pass chapter two and go on to chapter three. 3. to omit the usual or regular payment of: The company decided to pass its dividend in the third quarter of the year.
pemi-ijàniwang - 1. a portion or section of a written work; a paragraph, verse, etc.: a passage of Scripture. 2. a phrase or other division of a musical work. 3. an area, section, or detail of a work, especially with respect to its qualities of execution: passages of sensitive brushwork.
wìdjibizomàganag - 1. a person who is traveling in an automobile, bus, train, airplane, or other conveyance, especially one who is not the driver, pilot, or the like. 2. a wayfarer; traveler.
kà-kabàteg - 1. any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed
pagwehigan - 1. a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place: patches at the elbows of a sports jacket. 2. a piece of material used to cover or protect a wound, an injured part, etc.: a patch over the eye. 3. an adhesive patch that applies to the skin and gradually delivers drugs or medication to the user: using a nicotine patch to try to quit smoking.
ijiwebinigewin - manners: 1. a way of doing, being done, or happening; mode of action, occurrence, etc.: I don't like the manner in which he complained.
pekàdjdeye - 1. a person who is under medical care or treatment. 2. a person or thing that undergoes some action. 3. a sufferer or victim.
ketizìwizidj - 1. the male head of a family or tribal line. 2. a person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc. 3. any of the very early Biblical personages regarded as the fathers of the human race, comprising those from Adam to Noah (antediluvian patriarchs) and those between the Deluge and the birth of Abraham.
kikinawàbandjigan - 1. a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc. 2. decoration or ornament having such a design. 3. a natural or chance marking, configuration, or design: patterns of frost on the window.
adàwàning - market: 1. an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
omisad - 1. a large and protruding belly; potbelly. 2. the belly or abdomen. 3. the rumen.
asinikàde - 1. to cover or lay (a road, walk, etc.) with concrete, stones, bricks, tiles, wood, or the like, so as to make a firm, level surface.
atàs-o - 1. to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch. 2. to pledge; stake; risk: to pawn one's life.
wanàzidàn - 1. the foot of an animal having claws. 2. the foot of any animal. 3. the human hand, especially one that is large, rough, or clumsy: Keep your paws off my property.
kìjìkàzowin - 1. to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill. 2. to give over (a certain amount of money) in exchange for something: He paid twenty dollars for the shirt. 3. to transfer money as compensation or recompense for work done or services rendered; to satisfy the claims of (a person, organization, etc.), as by giving money due: He paid me for my work.
wànakìwin - 1. the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world. 2. an agreement or treaty between warring or antagonistic nations, groups, etc., to end hostilities and abstain from further fighting or antagonism: the Peace of Ryswick. 3. a state of mutual harmony between people or groups, especially in personal relations: Try to live in peace with your neighbors.
peshk - 1. the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family. 2. the tree itself, cultivated in temperate climates. 3. a light pinkish yellow, as of a peach.
sazegà-misise - 1. the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan. 2. any peafowl. 3. a vain, self-conscious person.
shàgawimin - 1. the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family. 2. the tree itself.
nàdagàmagishin - marooned: 1. to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers.
anidjìminan - 1. the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family. 2. the plant itself. 3. the green, somewhat inflated pod of this plant.
anànimin - 1. a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored. 2. something resembling this, as various synthetic substances for use in costume jewelry. 3. something similar in form, luster, etc., as a dewdrop or a capsule of medicine.
asinìns - 1. a small, rounded stone, especially one worn smooth by the action of water. 2. leather that has been given a granulated surface. 3. any granulated or crinkled surface, especially of a textile.
kwàndjiwebishkàdjigan'n - 1. a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps. 2. a leverlike part worked by the foot to supply power in various mechanisms, as the bicycle. 3. Music. a. a foot-operated keyboard, as on an organ or harpsichord. b. any of the keys of such a keyboard.
pinàshkà-adàwewininì - 1. a person who sells from door to door or in the street. 2. a person who tries to promote some cause, candidate, viewpoint, etc.
nìbawiwin - marriage: 1. a legally, religiously, or socially sanctioned union of persons who commit to one another, forming a familial and economic bond: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every society, past and present.
pigishkahige - mash: 1. to crush: He mashed his thumb with a hammer.
pìskwàdjigan - mask: 1. a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.
sinigonà-n - massage: 1. the act or art of treating the body by rubbing, kneading, patting, or the like, to stimulate circulation, increase suppleness, relieve tension, etc.
tebeningedj - master: 1. a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something: a master of six languages; to be master of one's fate.
ishkodens - match: 1. a slender piece of wood, cardboard, or other flammable material tipped with a chemical substance that produces fire when rubbed on a rough or chemically prepared surface.
minì - matter: 1. the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
kìjig-i - mature: 1. complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
nìn - me: 1. the objective case of I, used as a direct or indirect object: They asked me to the party. Give me your hand.
wìsiniwin - meal: 1. the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
ekidòmagak - meaning: 1. what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
tibahigan - measure: 1. a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
mànìns - medal: 1. a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like: a gold medal for the best swimmer.
kaganòdamàge - mediate: 1. to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
nagishkàge - meet: 1. to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter: I would meet him on the street at unexpected moments.
wawejichige - mend: 1. to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
adàwàdjigan - merchandise: 1. the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
adàwewininì - merchant: 1. a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
shawenindjigewin - mercy: 1. compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner.
mindjidwewin - message: 1. a communication containing some information, news, advice, request, or the like, sent by messenger, radio, telephone, or other means.
ashòdjisidjigan - 1. an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like. 2. a supporting structure or piece; base. 3. Furniture. a. a support for a desk, consisting of a boxlike frame containing drawers one above the other. b. a columnar support for a tabletop.
àbitawizì - metis: 1. any person of mixed ancestry.
kidàtibidjìzigan - microwave-oven: 1. an electrically operated oven using high-frequency electromagnetic waves that penetrate food, causing its molecules to vibrate and generating heat within the food to cook it in a very short time.
àndakì - migrate: 1. to go from one country, region, or place to another.
pìwijige - mince: 1. to cut or chop into very small pieces.
mamàndàwichigewin - miracle: 1. an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
madji-ijiwebiziwin - misconduct: 1. improper conduct; wrong behavior.
kodagitò - miserable: 1. wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
mànàbimewiziwin - misfortune: 1. adverse fortune; bad luck.
mònenindam - mistrust: 1. lack of trust or confidence; distrust.
pàpinodàge - mock: 1. to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
wayedàdj - moderate: 1. kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
shàgwenim-o - modest: 1. having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
wenibik - momentary: 1. lasting but a moment; very brief; fleeting: a momentary glimpse.
pinagijige - 1. to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.: to peel an orange. 2. to strip (the skin, rind, bark, paint, etc.) from something: to peel paint from a car. 3. to cause (another player's ball) to go through a wicket.
pinagijige - 1. to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.: to peel an orange. 2. to strip (the skin, rind, bark, paint, etc.) from something: to peel paint from a car. 3. to cause (another player's ball) to go through a wicket.
wàbàkiganeshì - 1. any of several flightless, aquatic birds of the family Spheniscidae, of the Southern Hemisphere, having webbed feet and wings reduced to flippers.
minomàgochigan - 1. a substance, extract, or preparation for diffusing or imparting an agreeable or attractive smell, especially a fluid containing fragrant natural oils extracted from flowers, woods, etc., or similar synthetic oils. 2. the scent, odor, or volatile particles emitted by substances that smell agreeable.
nìndaziwàdjigan - 1. any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately. 2. a person especially cherished or indulged; favorite: He was the teacher's pet. 3. a thing particularly cherished
mazinàzowin - 1. a picture produced by photography.
kichi-gagwetàdjichigan - monster: 1. a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
kikinawàdjichigan - monument: 1. something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue: the Washington Monument.
new tibahiganed wàbigon - morning glory: 1. any of various plants, especially of the genera Ipomoea and Convolvulus, as I. purpurea, a twining plant having cordate leaves and funnel-shaped flowers of various colors, often opening only in the morning.
sagime - mosquito: 1. any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Culicidae, the females of which suck the blood of animals and humans, some species transmitting certain diseases, as malaria and yellow fever.
wegimindj; djòdjò - mother: 1. a female parent.
pòtàgan - motor: 1. a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
ishkode-tìtibayàgan - motorcycle: 1. a motor vehicle similar to a bicycle but usually larger and heavier, chiefly for one rider but sometimes having two saddles or an attached sidecar for passengers.
pikwadin - mountain: 1. a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 feet (610 meters).
gashkenindàgwad - mournful: 1. feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful; sad.
wàwàbigonòdjinjish - mouse: 1. any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
mìsàkodònàganan - moustache:1. the hair growing on the upper lip
odòn - mouth: 1. Anatomy, Zoology a. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. b. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. c. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.
wìnajashkì - mud: 1. wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
odjìshtad - muscle: 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
wàbandahidìwigamig - museum: 1. a building or place where works of art, scientific specimens, or other objects of permanent value are kept and displayed.
wajashk - muskrat: 1. a large, aquatic, North American rodent, Ondatra zibethica, having a musky odor.
màmakàdj - must: 1. to be obliged or bound to by an imperative requirement: I must keep my word.
kàskanoz-o - mutter: 1. to utter words indistinctly or in a low tone, often as if talking to oneself; murmur.
kibidònenigan - muzzle: 1. the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
nesidotàgwasinog - mystery: 1. anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown: the mysteries of nature.
shìbàngwash-i - nap: 1. to sleep for a short time; doze.
tibàdjim-o - narrate: 1. to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
agàsadeyà - narrow: 1. of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
odis - navel: 1. the depression in the center of the surface of the abdomen indicating the point of attachment of the umbilical cord to the embryo; navel
mikwajiwe - navigate: 1. to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft: to navigate a river.
nahisin - neat: 1. in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition: a neat room.
màmakàdj - necessary: 1. being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor.
nàbikàgan - necklace: 1. a piece of jewelry consisting of a string of stones, beads, jewels, or the like, or a chain of gold, silver, or other metal, for wearing around the neck.
wàbigonàbo - nectar: 1. the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
nòndese - need:1. a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.
nàbwàdjige - negate: 1. to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
pamìkawasì-n - neglect: 1. to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
wìdjigendàgan - neighbor: 1. a person who lives near another.
òjim - nephew: 1. a son of one's brother or sister.
atis - nerve: 1. one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
nininginige - nervous: 1. highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
wazoson - nest: 1. a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
mazàn - nettle: 1. any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
tewatisiwin - neuralgia: 1. sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
pòch - nevertheless: 1. nonetheless; notwithstanding; however; in spite of that: a small but nevertheless important change.
kàkàskanedjìsì - nightingale: 1. any of several small, Old World, migratory birds of the thrush family, especially Luscinia megarhynchos, of Europe, noted for the melodious song of the male, given chiefly at night during the breeding season.
nikineshkà - nightmare: 1. a terrifying dream in which the dreamer experiences feelings of helplessness, extreme anxiety, sorrow, etc.
kijijawiz-i - nimble: 1. quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid: nimble feet.
nìbàyàdiziwin - nocturnal: 1. of or pertaining to the night (diurnal).
kàndikwen-i - nod: 1. to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command.
madwe - noise: 1. sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind: deafening noises.
kàwin-kegò - none: 1. no one; not one: None of the members is going.
anishà - nonsense: 1. words or language having little or no sense or meaning.
nagwàgan - noose: 1. a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
kìwedinong - north: 1. a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N
meyà-kìwedinong - north-pole:1. the end of the earth's axis of rotation, marking the northernmost point on the earth.
egà - not: 1. (used to express negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition): You must not do that. It's not far from here.
pakwejàn - notch: 1. an angular or V-shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
kà-kegò - nothing: 1. no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
màmidonàbamà-n - notice: 1. an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
kikenindamòki - notify: 1. to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
misawàdj - notwithstanding: 1. in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. She went to the game anyway, doctor's orders notwithstanding.
adikameg-kìzis - november: 1. the eleventh month of the year, containing 30 days.
kàwin-ningodiji - nowhere: 1. in or at no place; not anywhere: The missing pen was nowhere to be found.
kìkimiz-i - numb: 1. deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
taso - number: 1. a numeral or group of numerals.
mashkikìwe - nurse: 1. a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
pimàdjìhiwe - nurture: 1. to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
onàgonìginigan - nylon: 1. any of a class of thermoplastic polyamides capable of extrusion when molten into fibers, sheets, etc., of extreme toughness, strength, and elasticity, synthesized by the interaction of a dicarboxylic acid with a diamine: used especially for yarn, fabrics, and bristles, as for brushes.
tibikàdiz-i - oafish: 1. a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
mitigomij - oak: 1. any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
ajebweyànàk - oar: 1. a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
nàbitònamowin - oath: 1. a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.: to testify upon oath.
shàgawà - oblong: 1. elongated, usually from the square or circular form.
pàtàdowin - obscenity: 1. the character or quality of being obscene; indecency; lewdness.
nisidotàgwasinòn - obscure: 1. (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
anangoshag-wenzàbamindwà - observatory: 1. a place or building equipped and used for making observations of astronomical, meteorological, or other natural phenomena, especially a place equipped with a powerful telescope for observing the planets and stars.
akawàb-i - observe: 1. to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
nanàpagàndiz-i - obstinate: 1. firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
kibishkàge - obstruct: 1. to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
oditinàn - obtain: 1. to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
pagakinàgwad - obvious: 1. easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident: an obvious advantage.
ayàpìch - occasionally: 1. at times; from time to time; now and then.
ondamitàwin - occupation: 1. a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
ondamiz-i - occupied: 1. to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
kichi-gamì - ocean: 1. the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
kà-nishwàsònikedj - octopus:1. any octopod of the genus Octopus, having a soft, oval body and eight sucker-bearing arms, living mostly at the bottom of the sea.
nishkìyà-n - offend: 1. to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
shìngàdàdj - offensive: 1. causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
wìdòkàzowin - offer: 1. to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
nanìngim - often: 1. many times; frequently: He visits his parents as often as he can.
shajònigan - ointment: 1. a soft, unctuous preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin; unguent.
kete - old: 1. far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
pimideminag - olives: 1. an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit.
onwàchigan - omen: 1. anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
wagidj - on: 1. so as to be or remain supported by or suspended from: Put your package down on the table; Hang your coat on the hook.
shigàgowinj - onion: 1. a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
eta-godj - only: 1. without others or anything further; alone; solely; exclusively: This information is for your eyes only.
ogà - 1. any of several small species of pike, as Esox niger (chain pickerel) and E. americanus americanus (redfin pickerel) of eastern North America. 2. the walleye or pikeperch, Stizostedion vitreum. 3. a young pike.
shàbwahàn - 1. to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does. 2. to make a hole or opening in. 3. to bore into or through; tunnel.
odàkewininì - 1. a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters. 2. a person who steers a ship. 3. a person duly qualified to operate an airplane, balloon, or other aircraft.
wàbine-miskwà - 1. a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple. 2. any of several plants of the genus Dianthus, as the clove pink or carnation. 3. the flower of such a plant; carnation.
mishish - 1. clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view. 2. clear to the mind; evident, manifest, or obvious: to make one's meaning plain. 3. conveying the meaning clearly and simply; easily understood: plain talk.
kipagisag - 1. a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board. 2. lumber in such pieces; planking. 3. something to stand on or to cling to for support.
onàgan - 1. a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten. 2. the contents of such a dish; plateful. 3. an entire course of a meal served on such a dish: I had the vegetable plate for lunch.
minwenindàgwad - 1. pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure: pleasant news. 2. (of persons, manners, disposition, etc.) socially acceptable or adept; polite; amiable; agreeable. 3. fair, as weather: a pleasant summer day.
ojigìjowe - 1. a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war. 2. something delivered as security for the payment of a debt or fulfillment of a promise, and subject to forfeiture on failure to pay or fulfill the promise. 3. the state of being given or held as security: to put a thing in pledge.
sakahàgan - 1. a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.: a telephone pole; a fishing pole. 2. a long, tapering piece of wood or other material that extends from the front axle of a vehicle between the animals drawing it. 3. Nautical a. a light spar. b. that part of a mast between the uppermost standing rigging and the truck.
takoniwewininì - 1. a member of a police force or body. 2. enforcer.
wanàdjìyà-n - 1. to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke. 2. to make morally unclean; defile. 3. to render ceremonially impure; desecrate: to pollute a house of worship.
apìtenindàgoz-i - 1. regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher. 2. regarded with favor, approval, or affection by an acquaintance or acquaintances: He's not very popular with me just now. 3. of, pertaining to, or representing the people, especially the common people: popular discontent.
tesawon - 1. an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway. 2. a veranda. 3. the portico or stoa in the agora of ancient Athens, where the Stoic philosopher Zeno of Citium and his followers met.
mazinibìhigan - 1. a likeness of a person, especially of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph: a gallery of family portraits. 2. a verbal picture or description, usually of a person: a biography that provides a fascinating portrait of an 18th-century rogue.
ejishing - 1. condition with reference to place; location; situation. 2. a place occupied or to be occupied; site: a fortified position. 3. the proper, appropriate, or usual place: out of position.
sakahàgan - 1. a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc. 2. one of the principal uprights of a piece of furniture, as one supporting a chair back or forming one corner of a chest of drawers. 3. a stack of 144 sheets of handmolded paper, interleaved with felt.
opinìg - 1. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family. 2. the plant itself.
kwànoz-o - 1. to swoop down suddenly and grasp, as a bird does in seizing its prey. 2. to spring, dash, or come suddenly: Unexpectedly she pounced on the right answer.
nitàwitòwin - 1. ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something. 2. political or national strength: the balance of power in Europe. 3. great or marked ability to do or act; strength; might; force.
kwagwedjitò - 1. habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice. 2. habit; custom: It is not the practice here for men to wear long hair. 3. repeated performance or systematic exercise for the purpose of acquiring skill or proficiency: Practice makes perfect.
nìgànì - 1. to go before, as in place, order, rank, importance, or time. 2. to introduce by something preliminary; preface: to precede one's statement with a qualification.
ijichigewin - 1. a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct. 2. an injunction as to moral conduct; maxim. 3. a procedural directive or rule, as for the performance of some technical operation.
nayàbishkawindj - 1. a person who precedes another in an office, position, etc. 2. something succeeded or replaced by something else: The new monument in the park is more beautiful than its predecessor. 3. an ancestor; forefather.
aniwenimà-n - 1. to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than: to prefer beef to chicken. 2. to give priority, as to one creditor over another. 3. to put forward or present (a statement, suit, charge, etc.) for consideration or sanction.
amàzowin - 1. a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment: He had a vague premonition of danger. 2. a forewarning.
wanishkwez-i - 1. completely engrossed in thought; absorbed. 2. previously occupied; taken; filled. 3. already used as a name for some species, genus, etc., and not available as a designation for any other.
màgoshkawà-n - 1. to act upon with steadily applied weight or force. 2. to move by weight or force in a certain direction or into a certain position: The crowd pressed him into a corner. 3. to compress or squeeze, as to alter in shape or size: He pressed the clay into a ball.
inasidiz-o - 1. to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive. 2. to assume as true in the absence of proof to the contrary. 3. to undertake with unwarrantable boldness.
kàz-o - 1. to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong. 2. to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign: to pretend to go to sleep. 3. to make believe: The children pretended to be cowboys.
kwenàdj - 1. pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face. 2. (of things, places, etc.) pleasing to the eye, especially without grandeur. 3. pleasing to the ear: a pretty tune.
àjidenikene-gàpidigìzigàns - 1. a crisp, dry biscuit, usually in the form of a knot or stick, salted on the outside. 2. a larger version of this, made of soft, chewy bread dough.
kayat - 1. coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner. 2. done, occurring, etc., before the proper time; premature: Aren't you a little previous with that request?
sazegàwin - 1. a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc. 2. the state or feeling of being proud. 3. a becoming or dignified sense of what is due to oneself or one's position or character; self-respect; self-esteem.
nìgànizì - 1. first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost. 2. of, of the nature of, or constituting principal or capital: a principal investment. 3. (of an axis of a conic) passing through the foci.
tagwanibìsechigàns - 1. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light. 2. a solid having bases or ends that are parallel, congruent polygons and sides that are parallelograms. 3. a form having faces parallel to the vertical axis and intersecting the horizontal axes.
kìmòdj - 1. belonging to some particular person: private property. 2. pertaining to or affecting a particular person or a small group of persons; individual; personal: for your private satisfaction. 3. confined to or intended only for the persons immediately concerned; confidential: a private meeting.
shawenimigoziwin - 1. a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most: the privileges of the very rich. 2. a special right, immunity, or exemption granted to persons in authority or office to free them from certain obligations or liabilities: the privilege of a senator to speak in Congress without danger of a libel suit. 3. a grant to an individual, corporation, etc., of a special right or immunity, under certain conditions
ani - 1. to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping. 2. to carry on or continue any action or process. 3. to go on to do something.
ondinige - 1. to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence. 2. to bring about, especially by unscrupulous and indirect means: to procure secret documents. 3. to obtain (a person) for the purpose of prostitution.
mòkinàn - 1. to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam. 2. to bring into existence by intellectual or creative ability: to produce a great painting. 3. to make or manufacture: to produce automobiles for export.
pebedigogìjowe - 1. characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious. 2. not devoted to holy or religious purposes; unconsecrated; secular (sacred). 3. unholy; heathen; pagan: profane rites.
nibwàkàwenindiz-o - 1. to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret. 2. to declare openly; announce or affirm; avow or acknowledge: to profess one's satisfaction. 3. to affirm faith in or allegiance to (a religion, God, etc.).
eshkam - 1. a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree. 2. developmental activity in science, technology, etc., especially with reference to the commercial opportunities created thereby or to the promotion of the material well-being of the public through the goods, techniques, or facilities created. 3. advancement in general.
ginàhamàgewin - 1. to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here. 2. to forbid the action of (a person). 3. to prevent; hinder.
pamikindjiyà-n - 1. to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex. 2. to stir up, arouse, or call forth (feelings, desires, or activity): The mishap provoked a hearty laugh. 3. to incite or stimulate (a person, animal, etc.) to action.
kìmòzikà - 1. to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
peshodj - 1. nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.
iskìgamichigan - 1. a thick, soft dessert, typically containing flour or some other thickener, milk, eggs, a flavoring, and sweetener: tapioca pudding. 2. a similar dish unsweetened and served with or as a main dish: corn pudding. 3. the dessert course of a meal.
ombàbìgibidjigan - 1. a wheel, with a grooved rim for carrying a line, that turns in a frame or block and serves to change the direction of or to transmit force, as when one end of the line is pulled to raise a weight at the other end: one of the simple machines. 2. a combination of such wheels in a block, or of such wheels or blocks in a tackle, to increase the force applied. 3. a wheel driven by or driving a belt or the like, used to deliver force to a machine, another belt, etc., at a certain speed and torque.
iskahigan - 1. an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes. 2. a shore having a jackscrew in its foot for adjusting the length or for bearing more firmly against the structure to be sustained. 3. an animal organ that propels fluid through the body; heart.
kesikàge - 1. strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt. 2. made, occurring, etc., at the scheduled or proper time: punctual payment. 3. pertaining to or of the nature of a point.
kikinàmàgan - 1. a person, usually young, who is learning under the close supervision of a teacher at school, a private tutor, or the like; student. 2. an orphaned or emancipated minor under the care of a guardian. 3. a person under the age of puberty orphaned or emancipated, and under the care of a guardian.
kìshpinadjige - 1. to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy. 2. to acquire by effort, sacrifice, flattery, etc. 3. to influence by a bribe.
pìniz-i - 1. free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water. 2. unmodified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous. 3. of unmixed descent or ancestry: a pure breed of dog.
nakawe-metizowining - 1. (in the belief of Roman Catholics and others) a condition or place in which the souls of those dying penitent are purified from venial sins, or undergo the temporal punishment that, after the guilt of mortal sin has been remitted, still remains to be endured by the sinner. 2. the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, in which the repentant sinners are depicted. 3. any condition or place of temporary punishment, suffering, expiation, or the like.
wendjising - 1. the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc. 2. an intended or desired result; end; aim; goal. 3. determination; resoluteness.
shònìyà-mashkimod - 1. a woman's handbag or pocketbook. 2. a small bag, pouch, or case for carrying money. 3. anything resembling a purse in appearance, use, etc.
nòsanewà-n - 1. to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase. 2. to follow close upon; go with; attend: Bad luck pursued him. 3. to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
kàndahige - 1. to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away. 2. to move (something) in a specified way by exerting force; shove; drive: to push something aside; to push the door open. 3. to effect or accomplish by thrusting obstacles aside: to push one's way through the crowd.
wànashkobàsh - 1. an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog. 2. a situation from which extrication is very difficult: a quagmire of financial indebtedness. 3. anything soft or flabby.
mashkodesì - 1. a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World. 2. any of several other birds of the genus Coturnix and allied genera. 3. any of various New World gallinaceous game birds of the genus Colinus and allied genera, especially the bobwhite.
minigik - 1. a particular or indefinite amount of anything: a small quantity of milk; the ocean's vast quantity of fish. 2. an exact or specified amount or measure: Mix the ingredients in the quantities called for. 3. a considerable or great amount: to extract ore in quantity.
kìkàndiwin - 1. an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations. 2. a cause of dispute, complaint, or hostile feeling: She has no quarrel with her present salary.
ogimàkwe - 1. a female sovereign or monarch. 2. the wife or consort of a king. 3. a woman, or something personified as a woman, that is foremost or preeminent in any respect: a movie queen; a beauty queen; Athens, the queen of the Aegean.
àtawehige - 1. to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.). 2. to put out or extinguish (fire, flames, etc.). 3. to cool suddenly by plunging into a liquid, as in tempering steel by immersion in water.
nanda - 1. a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something: a quest for uranium mines; a quest for knowledge. 2. an adventurous expedition undertaken by a knight or knights to secure or achieve something: the quest of the Holy Grail. 3. those engaged in such an expedition.
kwagwedwe - 1. a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply. 2. a problem for discussion or under discussion; a matter for investigation. 3. a matter of some uncertainty or difficulty; problem (usually followed by of): It was simply a question of time.
pangate - 1. making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors. 2. free, or comparatively free, from noise: a quiet street. 3. silent: Be quiet!
nininginge - 1. to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble.
kwagwedjikanidiwin - 1. a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing. 2. a series of races, usually of horses or dogs, run at a set time over a regular course: They spent a day at the races. 3. any contest or competition, especially to achieve superiority: the arms race; the presidential race.
akamawàdjigan - 1. a device for determining the presence and location of an object by measuring the time for the echo of a radio wave to return from it and the direction from which it returns. 2. a means or sense of awareness or perception: lobbyists working under the media's radar.
wàshenàgoz-i - 1. emitting rays of light; shining; bright: the radiant sun; radiant colors. 2. bright with joy, hope, etc.: radiant smiles; a radiant future. 3. emitted or propagated by radiation.
apìndasàgan - 1. a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials: an inflatable rubber raft. 2. a collection of logs, planks, casks, etc., fastened together for floating on water.
abanjìg - 1. any of a series of timbers or the like, usually having a pronounced slope, for supporting the sheathing and covering of a roof.
pagwànìgin - 1. a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn. 2. ragged or tattered clothing: The tramp was dressed in rags. 3. any article of apparel regarded deprecatingly or self-deprecatingly, especially a dress: It's just an old rag I had in the closet.
showeminan - 1. a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery. 2. dark purplish blue.
pinàkwehigan - 1. an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground. 2. any of various implements having a similar form, as a croupier's implement for gathering in money on a gaming table.
nàbe-mànichenish - 1. a male sheep. 2. the constellation or sign of Aries. 3. any of various devices for battering, crushing, driving, or forcing something, especially a battering ram.
adjidawàgan - 1. a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline. 2. a short concave slope or bend, as one connecting the higher and lower parts of a staircase railing at a landing. 3. any extensive sloping walk or passageway.
pabàmose - 1. to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time. 2. to take a course with many turns or windings, as a stream or path. 3. to grow in a random, unsystematic fashion: The vine rambled over the walls and tree trunks.
pagwana - 1. proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers. 2. of or characterizing a process of selection in which each item of a set has an equal probability of being chosen. 3. Building Trades. a. (of building materials) lacking uniformity of dimensions: random shingles. b. (of ashlar) laid without continuous courses. c. constructed or applied without regularity: random bond.
tebinà-n - 1. the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles. 2. the extent or scope of the operation or action of something: within range of vision. 3. the distance to which a projectile is or may be sent by a weapon.
nìbinesinòn - 1. a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body. 2. a social or official position or standing, as in the armed forces: the rank of captain. 3. high position or station in the social or some similar scale: a woman of rank.
kìjìkamawà-n - 1. the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price. 2. the sum or price paid or demanded. 3. a means of deliverance or rescue from punishment for sin, especially the payment of a redemptive fine.
pàwitig - 1. occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth. 2. moving or acting with great speed; swift: a rapid worker. 3. characterized by speed: rapid motion.
miskominag - 1. the fruit of any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Rubus, of the rose family, consisting of small and juicy red, black, or pale yellow drupelets forming a detachable cap about a convex receptacle. 2. any shrub bearing this fruit.
wàwàbigonòdjìnsh - 1. any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger. 2. any of various similar or related animals. 3. a scoundrel.
shìshìgwe - 1. any of several New World pit vipers of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle composed of a series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail.
kàgàgi - 1. any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds. 2. the divine culture hero and trickster of the North Pacific Coast Indians. 3. the constellation Corvus.
pasakamigà - 1. a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.
kàshkibàdjigan - 1. a sharp-edged instrument used especially for shaving the face or trimming the hair. 2. an electrically powered instrument used for the same purpose.
nàbowàdjige - 1. to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music. 2. to utter aloud or render in speech (something written, printed, etc.): reading a story to his children; The actor read his lines in a booming voice. 3. to have such knowledge of (a language) as to be able to understand things written in it: to be able to read French.
kagàkone - 1. to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest. 2. to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.). 3. to get as a return, recompense, or result: to reap large profits.
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