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maajiba’idiwag /maajiba’idi-/ vai run away together, flee in a group

maajinizhikaw vta chase someone off

maajitoon vti start to make something

maajii vai start an activity

maajii- pv start

maajiibadaabii vai start to come to the shore

maajiidoon vti take something along

maajiigi vai grow up, start to grow

maajiigin vii start new condition, grow

maajiikam vta work on somone

maajiishkaa vai start, start one’s life

maajiishkaamagad vii start to move

maajiizh /maajiiN-/ vta take someone along

maakabi vai wound people

maamakaaj pc unbelievable, amazing, awesome

maamawi pc all together

maamawookan vti do something together, do something in the company of others; also maama’ookan

maamawootaa vai he is put together, combined; also maama’ootaa

maamiginan vti collect something, put something together

maanaadizi vai be ugly

maanendan vti feel bad about something

maang na loon; pl maangwag

maanishtaanish na sheep; pl maanishtaanishag

maanishtaanishibiiwiin na wool

maanzhi-ayaa vai be bad off

maazhendam vai feel out of balance, sickly

maazhi-ayaa vai be bad off

maazhidoodaadizo vai cause self-inflicted injury, injure one’s self

maazhipogozi vai taste bad

maazhise vai have bad luck

megwaa pc while, in the midst of

megwaayaak pc in the woods

megwe- pn, pv in the midst of something, in the middle

megwekob pc in the bush

memaangishenh na mule; pl memaangishenyag

memwech pc exactly, just that, it is so

meshkwad pc instead

Metaawangaag place Hertel, Wisconsin

Metaawangaansing place Little Sand Lake, Wisconsin

mewinzha pc long ago

michisag ni floor; pl michisagoon

midaaswi nm ten

midewakiwenzii na mide priest; pl midewakiwenziiyag

midewanishinaabe na mide Indian; pl midewanishinaabeg

midewi vai be mide

midewiwin ni medicine dance, medicine lodge ceremony; also midewin

migi vai bark

migizi na bald eagle; pl migiziwag

migizi-giizis na February

migoshkaaji’ vta pester someone, bother someone

migoshkaaji’iwi vai be a pest, annoying

migwandagoon vii grow

mikan vti find something

mikaw vta find someone

mikigaazo vai he is found somewhere

mikwamiwan vii hail

mikwendan vti remember something

mimigoshkam vai jig rice

mimigoshkaaji’ vta tease someone

mindawe vai pout

mindido vai be big

mindimooyenh na old woman; pl mindimooyenyag; also mindimoowenh

minik pc amount, certain amount

minikwe vai drink

minikweshki vai drink chronically, be alcoholic

minis ni island; pl minisan

Minisooding place Minnesota

minji-niizh pr both

minjikaawan na glove, mitten; pl minjikaawanag

minjiminan vti hold something in place, steady something

minobii vai be pleasantly drunk, be tipsy

minochige vai do good

minogaamo vai be pleasingly plump

minopogozi vai tastes good

minotoon vti make something nice, good

minozogo vai he is well done

minwabi vai sit comfortably

minwaabandan vti look favorably upon something

minwendan vti like something

minwendaagwad vii be fun, likable

minwendaagwad vii be funny, humorous

minwenim vta like someone

misawendan vti want something, desire something

misaabe na giant; pl misaabeg

misaabooz na hare, jack rabbit; pl misaaboozoog

Misi-zaaga’iganiing place Mille Lacs, Minnesota

Misiiziibi place Mississippi River

miskomin ni raspberry; pl miskominan

miskwaabiminzh na red oshier, red willow; pl miskwaabiminzhiig

Miskwaagamiiwi-zaaga’iganiing place Red Lake, Minnesota

miskwaanzigan ni head roach; pl miskwaanziganan

miskwiiwi vai bleed, be bloody

miskwiiwinijiishin vai bleed on things, drip blood

mishiimin na apple; pl mishiiminag

mitaawigan pc bare back

mitig na tree; pl mitigoog

mitigokaa vii be a forest

mitigwaab na bow; pl mitigwaabiig

miziwe pc all over, everywhere

miziwezi vai intact

mii pc it is, there is

miigaadiwini-gikinoo’amaadiiwigamig ni military school; pl miigaadiwini-gikinoo’amaadiiwigamigoon

miigaazo vai fight

miigaazowin ni fight; pl miigaazowinan

miigaazh /miigaaN-/ vta fight someone

miigiwe vai+o give something away

miijin vti eat something

miijiin vta defecate on someone; also miiziin

miikana ni path, trail,