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Assiniboine Dictionary

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Assiniboine pos English
įbákšą N

1. a bend in a river

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wakpá gakná ADV

1. by the side of a river

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įyúweǧa VT-Y

1. to cross, ford, as a stream or river; to cross, as a coulee

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įyúkšą N

1. a curve, bend; to curve, curve off, as a road; to make a curve, as a river

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wįcágasaksaga N

1. a driver

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wįcágaȟaba N

1. a driver

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gažáda VT

2. to fork, be forked, as a river or road, pronged, branched

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šųkʾį́nųwą VI

1. a horse or dog to swim across a river to the other side

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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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cogánwida N

1. island, island in a river

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cąʾį́joǧą N

2. to be a log jam on a river or stream

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šųkį́nųwe kíya VT

1. to make a horse swim across a river to the other side while one hangs onto it, as to the horse's tail

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asą́bi wakpá N

1. Milk River

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wakpá jukʾána N

1. Milk River

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miníšoše N

1. Missouri River

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tugí wakpá N

1. Musselshell River

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tugíska wakpá N

1. Musselshell River

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ogícize wakpá N

1. North Saskatchewan River

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ogáȟmį N

1. a point or area of land formed by a bend in a river or stream; a corner

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caȟní wakpá N

1. Powder River

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miníša N

1. Red River, Manitoba; Winnipeg

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wakpámaya N

1. a river bank

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wakpá wįcášta [wakpá wįcáštA] N

1. the River People, i.e., those Assiniboines who lived along the Milk River on the north end of Fort Belknap Reservation

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wakpá N

1. a river, creek, stream

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caȟžą́žąna N

1. smooth ice, glare ice, as on a river frozen over or a road; the glare of ice

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minínuzahe N

1. Swift Current River

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miníȟaȟa N

2. Swift Current, Sask.; Swift Current River

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įyútʾįza VT

1. to tighten, as something that comes loose; tighten with a tool, like a screwdriver

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įyútʾįze N

1. a tightener, something one tightens with; a wrench, a cinch, pliers or screwdriver

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tacéži wakpá N

1. Tongue River

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mąkáska wakpá N

1. White Earth River, North Dakota

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wį́są wakpá N

1. White Earth River, North Dakota

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ȟeȟága wakpá N

1. Yellowstone River

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įǧų́ǧa wakpá N

1. Yellowstone River

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į́yąǧi wákpa N

1. Yellowstone River

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