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Assiniboine Dictionary

Searching for English word(s): water

Assiniboine pos English
abápsųpsų VT

1. to sprinkle; to water by sprinkling

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aknáskaba VI

1. to slap against water, as a beaver tail

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anápsų VI

1. to spill out on something, as rapidly boiling water bubbling over rim of pot

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anátątą VT

1. look or search for with the feet, as in hunting for snapping turtles in the water

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aptáheya VI

1. to run down, as water downhill

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aʾį́kpapsų VR

1. pour water on oneself, spill water on oneself; spill a liquid on oneself

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baškíja VT

1. to squeeze or press water out of something by a pushing movement, as a wet cloth or fruit

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bašóša VT

1. to roil water with the hands, stir up water with the hands, making it turbid

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capcéyaktų N

2. water behind a beaver dam

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caȟʾį́joǧą VIMP

1. be an ice jam, as during the spring when the ice in a river breaks up and chunks floating downstream jam; be ice on the bank of a stream, above a receding water level; ice to float ashore

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coníca N

1. flesh, meat, as of a potato, watermelon, squash; meat of a nut; flesh under the skin

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copcópa máni VI

1. wade in water, step in water

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copá VI

1. step into water

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cábabana N

1. a water beetle (?), they fly at night

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cąságana [cąságenA] N

1. willow; sand willow, a willow growing in water

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cąȟpą́ N

2. waterfowl

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gamnáza VT

1. break, burst open, as when one puts too much weight into a bag, or as a watermelon that is dropped

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gaptúǧa [kaptúǧA] VT

1. crack, break by hitting with an instrument, chip off a piece, as ice when seeking water or as logs

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gasmíyąyą VT

2. wind to clean; water to clean and polish, as water falling over rocks that are below a fall

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gatáǧa VT

1. to make foam, as from churning water

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gaʾį́joǧą VI

1. drift ashore, as driftwood on a body of water

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gaʾį́ǧeju įȟpéya VT

1. to bunch together with the hand; to bunch up, pile up with an instrument, as a fork; water to pile up something

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gašmóga VI

1. to splash water with an object, e.g., a rock or stick; to slap water, as a beaver with its tail

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gašpá VT

2. some force to open, as water breaking a dike or wind opening a door

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gašóša VT

1. to roil, stir up and make turbid with an object, as water with a stick; to roil, stir up and make turbid, as the wind does water

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gažáža VT

1. to clean by rinsing or sloshing back and forth in water; to clean by water running over an object, as something placed in a stream; elements, such as rain or wind, to clean or wash

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giknų́ga [kiknų́ga] VI

1. to dive into water, as a bird does

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giyúšpa VT-Y

1. to unplug, open up something holding back water, such as a dam; to let out, release from, as water from a sink

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hegáȟpa VI

1. to knock off lice or mites: said of waterfowl when migrating overhead, going either north or south

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hiyúweǧa VI

1. come across water to this side

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hopsų́psųna N

1. shiner (a fresh water fish)

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hoyúpsija VI-Y

1. jerk a fish out of water on a line

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hoyúsnuda VI-Y

1. pull a fish out of water by easing it out, to ease a fish out of water

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hoʾį́yuze N

1. a bag-like fishnet used for dipping fish out of the water

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kpukpá VS

1. to be turbid, dirty, not clear, as water

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kázena VI

1. to be shallow, not deep, as water

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makáyuȟemnobi N

1. dike (to control water)

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maǧážu miní N

1. rainwater

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mašpá VT

1. to cut some off, to cut a piece off, as from a roast; to cut open, as a watermelon

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miniʾótʾa VI

1. to drown, to die after falling into water

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miní ahínąpe VI

1. water to seep out of the ground

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miní įbíǧa N

1. boiling water

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miní N

1. water

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miníha N

1. water tank

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miníhįȟpaya [miníhįȟpàya] N

1. waterfalls

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miníkadaha N

1. hot water heater

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minípa abápsų VT

1. to baptize; to pour water on the head

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minísni N

1. cold water

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minísnohena N

1. water snake, garter snake

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minítʾeja N

1. lukewarm water, tepid water

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miníwaką N

1. holy water, as used in the Roman Catholic church

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minízizina N

1. matter, watery secretion

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miníʾokhayabi N

1. a hot water heater; a steam heat register

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mnidą́ VI

1. to flood; water to come

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mnigáskaba VI

1. slap water, as a beaver does with its tail or one does with his hand

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mnigášmoga VT

1. to splash water, as a falling object; to slap water; to cause a splash in water, as by throwing an object, hitting the water with a sitck, etc.

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mnihíyeya VI

1. a flood; to flood all over; water to pass through

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mnihúda ADV

1. at the water's edge

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mnikʾábi N

1. a well for water

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mnimáhen napómyabi N

1. a torpedo; a water mine

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mnipʾó N

1. steam coming up from water when the water is cool, as in the spring or fall

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mnipúhu N

1. bittern, "stands in water"

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mnitáǧa N

1. foam on water

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mniyádąkiya VI

1. to pump water out with a machine

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mniʾáʾa N

1. alkali; alkali water

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mniʾócapa VI

1. to step in water

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mniʾódųwą N

1. Looks In The Water (an old medicine man whose name on the agency records appears as Eyes In The Water)

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mniʾódųwą N

2. Looks in the Water (Richard Weasel)

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mní cą́wakʾį N

1. water barrel

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mníkada N

1. hot water

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mnísni N

1. cold water

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mnízizina N

1. matter, watery secretion

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mopšáhą wągá VI

1. to bubble up, as boiling water or water at the base of a fall or where a spring surfaces

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mošpá VT

2. wind to blow open, some natural force to open, as a door; water to break through a dike when irrigating

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mošóša VT

1. to roil or stir up a body of water by a stream of clear water rining into it, making it turbid

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možáža VT

1. to wash off by hosing down or by throwing a bucket of water over; rain to wash; rain to wash away, as a road

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možážakiya VT

1. to wash down with water under pressure (e.g., from a hose or a machine); to clean with a pressurized agent (e.g., by sandblasting)

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nakóga VI

2. to make a muffled popping sound of its own accord, as an air bubble popping in water

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namnáza VI

1. to rip or split open, as an article of clothing that is too tight on a person; burst open, as a bag packed too full, or as corn in boiling water, or as a kettle freezing

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namnéja VT

2. to shatter, crack open, burst of its own accord, to break apart by inner force, as a red hot coal bursting; a glass shattering on its own, or a cold cup put into hot water

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nasnéja VT

2. to crack, split, break open, as of its own accord or from natural pressure, as from water

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našmóga VI

1. to slap or splash water with the feet

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našmókmani VI

1. to make the sound of walking or stepping in water

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našóša VI

1. to roil or stir up a body of water with the feet, making it turbid; to roil or stir up a body of water by stepping into it and making it turbid

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nąknábo VI

1. to swell, as rice or beans when put in water

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nąkóga VI

1. to make a muffled popping sound of its own accord, as an air bubble popping in water

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ogáȟnokya VT

1. to wet something, get something wet, as in dipping a rag into water

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ogáȟnokʾįcʾiya [ogáȟnokʾįcʾìya] VR

1. to get oneself wet, as when going in rain or slushy snow or swimming, or when putting water on one's self to cool off

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opšíjašnošnona N

1. watery mud, thin mud

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ošų́kminikʾu N

1. a watering trough, watering hole for animals

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ošų́kmniyatke N

1. a watering trough; a watering hole

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pamnéze N

1. watery substance that drips from the nose when one has a cold; postnasal drip

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skemyá VT

1. to drain, drain out, as water in a basin; cause to drain

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snohéna kneknéǧana N

1. a garter snake, water snake

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tatą́ga wįcáktektena N

1. a water beetle

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taȟtų́ VS

1. foam, froth, as on body or edge of water; foamy saliva; to have scum, to have foam

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wagážaža VT

1. to swish around, as in water

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watáǧa N

1. scum; foam or froth that forms on the surface of water when boiling, e.g., bones, meat; soapy water

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wawą́ga N

2. a water monster, feature in stories

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wiyákʾiba N

1. a point of land jutting out into a body of water

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wámini N

1. snow water

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yuhókuda VT

1. to lower the level of a liquid, bring a water level down by turning a faucet or opening a spigot, as when reducing the water level in a jug; to lower one's status, as when someone forces a man to do a woman's task

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yuȟáȟa VI-Y

2. to make water run, to drain by making water run

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yuškíja VT-Y

1. to wring out, extract moisture by twisting, as a wet cloth; to twist tightly, as to extract water

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ȟaȟá VI

1. to run, as water; to flow

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ȟemáni VI

1. walk on dry land, referring to a water animal such as a beaver, otter, muskrat, mink

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ȟpąyá VT

1. to soak in water; to wet something

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įbíǧa VI

1. to boil, as water

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įbíȟpiȟya hą́ VS

1. to simmer; to be in a state immediately before boiling, when little bubbles first form on hot water

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įgáską VT

1. to melt by heating, as when melting snow over heat to get drinking water; to cause to melt by putting in

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įjášoša VT

3. an instrument for roiling water

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įjážaža VT

1. to wash by shaking back and forth in, as a bottle with water or sand in it

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įjóǧą VI

2. to be left aground after water has receded

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įkánya [įkáNya] VT

1. to warm up, heat, as food or water

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įmníyupse N

1. a water pump

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įpʾó VI

1. to steam, as boiling water or a steam engine

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įyúze N

2. something used to fish an object out of water with, as a fishhook, tongs, etc.

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ógaboda VI

1. to float on water; to be afloat, float in one spot

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ógabotpoda [ógabotboda] VI

1. to bob up and down on water

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ógabotponyąga VI

1. to sit afloat on water, not moving

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ógaksa VT

3. to break and drop through, as when one walks on ice, it breaks, and one drops through into the water below

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ógawįža VT

2. to sag or droop from some weight, as a tree drooping from the weight of much fruit, or a tent sagging under the weight of rainwater)

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ómoksa VI

1. to cut a bank, as a stream or rain does; a bank to cave in, crumble, or wash away by the action of lightning or water

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ómokse N

1. a washout with vertical cut banks as sides; an eroded area in a coulee, a bank that has caved in because of water runoff

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šmú VI

1. to drip, as water off a roof, dribble, trickle

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šnošnóna VS

1. watery or soupy mud; be slushy, as mud, soil after rain

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šnó VI

1. to melt, as butter or ice; to be melted, as snow, to a watery or liquid state

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šošá N

1. turbid water, muddy or cloudy water

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špą́šį yúdabi [špą́šį yúdabI] N

1. a watermelon

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štušténa miní N

1. salty water; a salt lake

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