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Assiniboine Dictionary

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Assiniboine pos English
amóȟpa VT

1. land on something after being shot, as when one shoots a bird and it lands on something

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bustágesʾa N

1. a bird species

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bustástagena N

1. a bird species

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cąyá gagána N

1. a large gray bird that makes a groaning sound

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cąyágagana N

1. bird species; a small yellow-gray bird that makes a groaning sound

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cąyágagana N

2. cat bird-- a small blackbird that hides in brush and makes a sound like a cat

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cąʾóti N

2. a hole in a tree in which a bird or animal lives (such as a woodpecker, bat, raccoon)

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gamnámnaǧa VT

1. flap its wings repetitively, as a stationary bird does; to flap

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gamnáǧa VS

1. be spread out, outstretched, as a bird's wings

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gawą́gam ADV

1. uphill; upward in height, as a bird flying up from the ground

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gawį́ǧena VI

1. to circle overhead, as a bird

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gaȟába VT

1. to drive away, as birds in a garden; to scare off by whipping, using a whip or stick; to start, flush out, scare up

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gihí VI

1. to leave the nest, as a young bird; to be weened away; sometimes is figuratively used to refer to a teenager who leaves home

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giknų́ga [kiknų́ga] VI

1. to dive into water, as a bird does

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goskóza VT

1. to wave, as a flag; to flap, as a bird's wing

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gįyą́nuzahe N

1. any fast flying bird

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gįyą́yą úʾ VT

1. to fly around, as a mother bird around her nest

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gįyékiya VT

1. to make fly, as when one throws a bird up in the air

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hokúwasʾa N

1. a kingfisher; any diving bird-- a kingfisher, osprey, etc.

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hotų́ VI

1. to make the characteristic sound of an animal or bird

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