A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe

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U of Minnesota Press - 288 pages
"Presented in Ojibwe-English and English-Ojibwe sections, this dictionary spells words to reflect their actual pronunciation with a direct match between the letters used and the speech sounds of Ojibwe. Containing more than 7,000 of the most frequently used Ojibwe words."--P. [4] of cover.

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Page xii - Nouns in the animate gender include a number of non-living things (eg, mitts, nets, and playing cards) as well as words identifying humans, animals, trees, and spirits.
Page xxiv - Vowels are nasalized before ns, nz, and nzh. The n is then omitted in pronunciation. A few examples are: gaawiin ingikendanziin 'I don't know it...
Page 173 - AT THE END OF THE TRAIL: at the end of the road...
Page 41 - Isg indazhinge; prt endazhinged dazhishimo vai dance in a certain place; hg indazhishim; prt endazhishimod dazhishin vai lie in a certain place, be buried in a certain place...

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