Ojebway Language:
A Manual for missionaries
and others employed among the Ojebway Indians
by Edward F. Wilson, 1874
A List of Prefixes with their Participial Change.
áhneka- generation uhyahneka- áhzhuhwe- crossing over uhyauzhuhwe- ahzhá- backward azha- bahbe- (frequentative) babe- bezhebáh- around bazhebáh- bewe- small bawe- bwahnuhwe- cannot bwuhyahnuhwe- chebuhtah- stiff chabuhtah- chechebe- convulsions chachebe- chaug- all gone chuhyaug- chaugis- burnt chuhyaugis- da- complete, enough duhya- dawe- pain duhyawe- dun- there, in there andun- duhgo- among dago- dusso- so many andusso- duhzhe- the place where anduhzhe- ezhe- so, thus azhe- eko- aside, away ako- gahge- (frequentative) gage- geno- long gano- gege- with, together with gahge- genebe- fast, quick ganebe- gaund- shoving guhyaund- ishpe- high ashpe- ishk- tired, weary ashk- ishqua- the last ashqua- ishquah- ceasing ashquah- kenégah- mixed kanégah- kewa- back home kahwa- keezho- warm kauzho- kesebege- washing kasebege- kese- wiping kase- kuhgwahne- terrible kagwahne- keme- stealthily kahme- kuhkebahje- foolishly kakebahje- kewetah- around kahwetah- kooje- trying kwaje- keche- great, right kache- képe chapped kahpe- kishke- cut off kaushke- koopuhse- stupidly kwahpuhse- kootego- dislocated kwatego- kootugge- hardship kwatugge- ketemahge- poor, pity katemahge- kechetwah- honorable kachetwah- kezhee- quick kazhee- mezheshuh- openly mazheshuh- mahmuhwe- all together muhyahmuhwe- mahke- wounded muhyahke- mahwund- together muhyahwund- metúh- bare matuh- meshe- hairy mashe- maunzhe- bad, deformed muhyaunzhe- mahmuhkause- with wonder muhyahmuhkause- mushkuhwe- powerful mashkuhwe- mahje- starting, beginning muhyahje- meno- good mano- mujje- bad maje- mahne- bad muhyahne- muhyuhgo- strangely mayuhgo- munge- large mange- misque- bloody masque- muhmaunje- bound mamaunje- mudwa- sound madwa- neninge- shaking naninge- nishke- anger nashke- nishkauj- anger nashkauj- nooke- soft, tender nwahke- nebewe- wet nabewe- nebwahkah- wisely nabwahkah- naunge- light nuhyaunge- nebeda- in a line nahbeda- netah- apt, clever natah- netume- first natume- nuhduh- seeking, hunting nanduh- nuhnahpe- mocking nanahpe- nuhmunje- left namunje- nebowe- dead, withered nabowe- neegaune- ahead, first nahgaune- nuhbuna- the other nabuna- nahwe- in the middle of nuhyahwe- nuhbunageno- longer than the other nabunageno- nuhbunátuhko- shorter than the other nabunatuhko- nesetah- understanding nasetah- noonda- deficiency not, - too soon nwaunda- osaum- too much wasaum- ogij- over, above wagij- oonje- from, for wanje- oonse- from, for uanse- oombe- up, raising wambe- ojahneme- noisily wajahneme- ojeshe- scar wajeshe- peeche- mistake, accident pache- pemiskoo- twining, twisting paumiskoo- puhtuhke- thrust in patuhke- pakah- slowly, gently puhyakah- peme- through, by pame- pahtah- sinfully puhyahtah- pahpah- going about papah- peneshe- spontaneously pahneshe- pauzheje- over puhyauzheje- puhguhke- plainly paguhke- pingwuzhúhgedo- naked pangwuhzhuhgedo- pe- approach pah- pezhegwauje- lasciviously pazhegwauje- pinj-, pind- in paunj-, paund- peegoo- torn, broken paúgoo- pese- small, powdered pahse- peene- clean pahne- pauge- swollen puhyauge- poone- quit, give up pwahne- quuhyuko- right quayuko- quénuhwe- hesitating quáunuhwe- quáke- turning quuhyake sage- fear suhyage- sahgeje- going out casting out suhyahgeje- shebah- endurance shahbah- soonge- strong swaunge- shahshaugo- bruised shuhyahshaugo- shébune- pierced shahbune- shébe stretch out shahbe- sáhge out from suhyahge- tabe- enough tuhyabe- tuhko- short tako- tuhke- cold take- tuhquauke- numb taquauke- uhye- (frequentative) aye- uhne- along ane- uhwe- about to do awe- uhnaum- under, beneath anaum- uhgause- small agause- we- intention wah- weene- dirty, obscene wahne- wekwujje- try wahkwujje- wahka- habit, weakness waka- wauge- crooked wuhyauge- wuhne- mistake wane- weej- with wauj- wuhsetáh- sorrowful wasetah- wuhyázhinga- false wayázhinga- zhegúd- disgust, tired zhagud-