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gaanjwebishkan vti gh
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shove it (with foot or body)

Paired with: gaanjwebishkaw vta



ingaanjwebishkaan 1s - 0s ind; ningaanjwebishkaan 1s - 0s ind; nigaanjwebishkaan 1s - 0s ind; ogaanjwebishkaan 3s - 0s ind; gaanjwebishkang 3s - 0 conj; gayaanjwebishkang 3s - 0 ch-conj; gaanjwebishkan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /gaanjwebishk-/

ingaanjwebishkaan1s - 0s ind gh
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ogaanjwebishkaan3s - 0s ind gh
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gaanjwebishkang3s - 0 conj gh
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gayaanjwebishkang3s - 0 ch-conj gh
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gaanjwebishkan2s - 0 imp gh
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gaanjwebishkan /gaanjwebishk-/: /gaand-/
force, push
; /-webishk/
act on it forcefully by foot or body: fling, kick, stamp on, shove, wear roughly

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.

Word Family

gaanjwebishkan vti shove it (with foot or body)
(detransitive) gaanjwebishkige vai s/he shoves things (with foot or body) (verb of undergoing) gaanjwebishkigaade vii it is shoved (with foot or body) (by someone), "they" shove it (with foot or body) (detransitive) gaanjwebishkigaazo vai s/he is shoved (with foot or body) (by someone)

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