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amwi vta es
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eat h/

► amo vta



indamwaa 1s - 3s ind; odamwaan 3s - 3' ind; amwaad 3s - 3' conj; emwaad 3s - 3' ch-conj; amwi 2s - 3 imp; Stem: /amw-/

indamwaa1s - 3s ind es
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odamwaan3s - 3' ind es
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amwaad3s - 3' conj es
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emwaad3s - 3' ch-conj es
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amwi2s - 3 imp es
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ogii-amwaan3s - 3' ind pst es
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Ingii-amwaa wiishkobi-bakwezhigan gii-tibishkaayaan.

I ate cake when I had my birthday.
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Tayaa, niwii-amwaaban awe zaasagokwaan.

Oh, I was going to eat that fry bread.
 es
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Ogii'-agaasikonaan mishiiminan jibwaa-amwaad.

She cut the apple into smaller pieces before she ate it.
 nj
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Ogii-piindaabikinaan iniwen mizisen waa-amwaawaad waabang wii-sagaswe'iwewaad.

She put the turkey they're going to have for their gathering tomorrow in the oven.
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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.

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