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agaasitoon vti2 es
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make it small

Paired with: agaasi' vta



nindagaasitoon 1s - 0s ind; indagaasitoon 1s - 0s ind; odagaasitoon 3s - 0s ind; agaasitood 3s - 0 conj; egaasitood 3s - 0 ch-conj; agaasitoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /agaasit-/

nindagaasitoon1s - 0s ind nj
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indagaasitoon1s - 0s ind es
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odagaasitoon3s - 0s ind nj
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es
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agaasitood3s - 0 conj nj
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es
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egaasitood3s - 0 ch-conj es
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agaasitoon 2s - 0 imp nj
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es
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ogii-agaasitoon3p - 0s ind pst es
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ogii'-agaasitoon3s - 0s ind pst nj
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Ogii'-agaasitoon nooshkaachinaagan gaa-gii'-ozhitood Mary.

Mary made the winnowing basket small.
 nj
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agaasitoon /agaasit-/: /agaas-/
small
; /-t/
cause it to be or to act; make it

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

with support and collaboration from the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies and University Libraries.

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