Potawatomi Dictionary

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  • Word

    Definition

    giwédnok giwédnok north wind
    giwénashkan ngiwénashkan I send it home
    giwénashkewa ngiwénashkewa I send him/her/it (an.) home
    giwéwdon ngiwéwdon I take it home
    giwéwna ngiwéwna I take him/her/it (an.) home
    giwnadze giwnadze he/she is crazy, insane
    giwnajtagwze giwnajtagwze he/she talks crazy
    giwné giwné he/she is dying (death throes)
    giwnemo giwnemo he/she tells (s.t., e.g. a story) wrong
    giwsadan ngiwsadan I hunt it
    giwsadéndan ngiwsadéndan I miss it
    giwsadénma ngiwsadénma I am sorry about him/her/it (an.)
    giwsana ngiwsana I hunt it (an.)
    giwsé giwsé he/she hunts
    GiwséGizes Giwsé-Gizes Hunting Moon (November)
    giwséwesh giwséwesh hunting medicine
    giwséwnene giwséwnene hunter
    giwséwnenikwé giwséwnenikwé hunter (female)
    giwshkwébyé giwshkwébyé he/she is drunk
    giwshkwébyémen giwshkwébyémen black cherry
    giwshkwébyémnegawesh giwshkwébyémnegawesh black cherry tree
    giwshkwénandem giwshkwénandem he/she is dizzy from not eating
    giwta giwta- around something
    giwtabwek giwtabwek they sit around (s.t.)
    giwtana ngiwtana I rotate it (an.), turn him/her/it (an.) around