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agwanaate vii nj
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there is shade



agwanaate 0s ind; agwanaateg 0s conj; agwanaateng loc; Stem: /agwanaate-/

agwanaate0s ind nj
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agwanaateg0s conj nj
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Note on locatives. Inanimate intransitive verbs describing natural features also often occur as locative nouns ending in /-ng/ with the meaning in, at, or to that kind of place. These nouns, derived from the verb with an added final /-w/, rarely appear without the locative ending and are generally not given in this dictionary as main entries. Their attested locative forms appear in the entries for the underlying verbs and are marked as loc.

Agwanaateng dazhi-anwebidaa.

Let's go rest in the shade.
 nj
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Ninandawaabandaan ezhi-agwanaateg waa-tanawinzoyaan.

I'm looking for a shady spot to pick berries in.
 nj
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agwanaate /agwanaate-/: /agwan-/
cover
; /-aate/
it shines, is in the light, is affected by the sun

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