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aawadaasoowidaabaan ni es
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a truck



aawadaasoowidaabaan sg; aawadaasoowidaabaanan pl; aawadaasoowidaabaanens dim; aawadaasoowidaabaaning loc; Stem: /aawadaasoowidaabaan-/

aawadaasoowidaabaan sg es
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aawadaasoowidaabaanan pl es
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aawadaasoowidaabaanens dim es
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aawadaasoowidaabaaning loc es
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Indaga awi-ikonizhikaw igiweg abinoonjiiyag bebaamaandawaadamowaad aawadaasoowidaabaan.

Please go chase the children away from the truck they're climbing all over.
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Ogii-wiiyagitoon gii-adaawaaged odaawadaasoowidaabaanens.

It's regretful that he sold his pickup.
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Indaga gabaawebishkan ini mitigoonsan imaa aawadaasoowidaabaanensing.

Why don't you kick those sticks off the pickup?
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aawadaasoowidaabaan /aawadaasoowidaabaan-/: /aawadaaso-/ stem of aawadaaso vai ; /-idaabaan/
vehicle, sled

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