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andawaabandan vti nj
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look for, search for it; go find, go get, go pick up, or go retrieve h/ or it (animate)

Paired with: andawaabam vta [N] See also: nandawaabandan vti



ninandawaabandaan 1s - 0s ind; onandawaabandaan 3s - 0s ind; andawaabandang 3s - 0 conj; endawaabandang 3s - 0 ch-conj; andawaabandan 2s - 0 imp; andawaabandamok 2p - 0 imp; andawaabandandaa 21p - 3s imp; Stem: /andawaaband-/

ninandawaabandaan1s - 0s ind nj
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onandawaabandaan3s - 0s ind nj
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andawaabandang3s - 0 conj nj
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endawaabandang3s - 0 ch-conj nj
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andawaabandan2s - 0 imp nj
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andawaabandamok2p - 0 imp es
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nj
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andawaabandandaa21p - 3s imp es
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nj
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ogii'-andawaabandaan3s - 0s ind pst nj
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Andawaabandan i'iw gichi-gwaaba'igan.

Look for the Big Dipper.
 es
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Mii 'iw angwaamas gii-mikang 'iw endawaabandang.

He finally found what he was looking for.
 es
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Gidaa-andawaabandaan ina i'iw jiishada'igan. Niwii-piinichige.

Would you go find a broom? I'm going to clean up.
 rg
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Anaamaya'ii gii-inaabi andawaabandang ogiboodiyegwaazon.

He looked underneath for his trousers.
 es
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Agwanaateng odizhi-andawaabandaan waa-tanawinzod.

He's looking for shade where he can pick berries.
 nj
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Wiinge gosha naa ginoondesemin wiisiniwin. Gidaa-gii'-maa'ishkam ji-andawaabandaman ge-miijiyang.

Well we ran right out of food. You should have gone shopping to look for what we could eat.
 nj
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Naazibiidaa. Nibi andawaabandandaa.

Let's go down to the shore and get some water.
 nj
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andawaabandan /andawaaband-/: /nandaw-/
seek, look for
; /-aaband/
look at it

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

andawaabandan vti look for, search for it; go find, go get, go pick up, or go retrieve h/ or it (animate)
(detransitive) andawaabanjige vai s/he looks for, searches for things

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