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agwaasidoon vti2 nj
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take it off something or unload it off something: take it ashore, take it off the fire, take it off a boat or vehicle

Paired with: agwaashim vta



nindagwaasidoon 1s - 0s ind; odagwaasidoon 3s - 0s ind; agwaasidood 3s - 0 conj; egwaasidood 3s - 0 ch-conj; agwaasidoon 2s - 1 imp; Stem: /agwaasid-/

nindagwaasidoon1s - 0s ind nj
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odagwaasidoon3s - 0s ind nj
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agwaasidood3s - 0 conj nj
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egwaasidood3s - 0 ch-conj nj
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agwaasidoon 2s - 1 imp rg
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ogii'-agwaasidoon3s - 0s ind pst nj
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Agwaasidoon ginitiikaan jibwaa-mashkawaagamideg.

Set your tea off the fire before it gets strong.
 nj
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Manoominiwazh odagwaasidoon gaa-gii-pawa'ang.

The rice picker took a whole bag of rice out of her canoe.
 nj
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Ogii'-wiiji'aawaan gii-agwaasidoonid miijim odadaawewinan.

They helped him unload his groceries he bought.
 nj
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agwaasidoon /agwaasid-/: /agwaa-/
off or out of water or open area
; /-sid/
cause it to fall or lie (drop, lay, set, put), impact it (hit, hit against, hit with something)

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

agwaasidoon vti2 take it off something or unload it off something: take it ashore, take it off the fire, take it off a boat or vehicle
(detransitive) agwaasijige vai take things ashore, take things off a boat or vehicle, unload things off something (passive) agwaasijigaade vii it is taken ashore; it is taken off the fire (passive) agwaasijigaazo vai s/he is taken ashore; s/he is taken off the fire

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