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aazhawishkaa vai es
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s/he crosses, walks across, goes across



niyaazhawishkaa 1s ind; indaazhawishkaa 1s ind; aazhawishkaa 3s ind; aazhawishkaad 3s conj; ayaazhawishkaad 3s ch-conj; Stem: /aazhawishkaa-/

niyaazhawishkaa1s ind es
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aazhawishkaa3s ind es
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aazhawishkaad3s conj es
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Gii-aazhawishkaawaad imaa ziibiinsing gii-pimaadagaaziiwag.

When they crossed the stream, they waded through the water.
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Ogii-aazhawishimaan ini nabagisagoon omaa daashkikwadininig gaa-onji-aazhawishkaad.

He put the board across the crack in the ice -- that's how he got across.
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Ogii-kibishkaan iwe miikana awe gaag gii-megwaa-aazhawishkaad.

That porcupine kind of blocked the road as he crossed it.
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aazhawishkaa /aazhawishkaa-/: /aazhaw-/
across
; /-shkaa/
s/he or it (animate) moves, goes, has happen to h/ or it

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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