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agashkomaa pc disc

please do, please try, do it and we'll see about it, let me try

See also: angashkomaa pc disc ; gashkomaa pc disc

Note:
Suggests a possible action, but indicates some doubt about the outcome. Nancy Jones says there is a feeling of "seeing is believing" about it.



Stem: /agashkomaa-/

a polite request; old word used in the William Jones collection

Agashkomaa giiwitaashkan 'owe aki.

Please, go around this earth. [Instruction given to a runner after the recreation of the world.]
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