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akwaandawaagan ni gh
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something to climb up on or in: a stairway, a ladder, an elevator



akwaandawaagan sg; akwaandawaaganan pl; akwaandawaagaans dim; akwaandawaaganing loc; Stem: /akwaandawaagan-/

akwaandawaagan sg gh
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es
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akwaandawaaganan pl nj
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gh
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akwaandawaagaans dim es
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akwaandawaaganing loc es
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akwaandawaagan /akwaandawaagan-/: /akwaandawe-/ stem of akwaandawe vai ; /-gan/
[nominalizer]

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Word Family

akwaandawe vai s/he climbs up, climbs, goes upstairs
(applicative) akwaandawaadan vti climb up on, climb on it (applicative) akwaandawaazh vta climb up on, climb on h/ or it (animate) (derived noun) akwaandawaagan ni something to climb up on or in: a stairway, a ladder, an elevator

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