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Nate Juvy setting fishing net

asab na gh
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a net



asab sg; asabiig pl; asabiins dim; asabiing loc; asabiish pej; Stem: /asaby-/

asab sg gh
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lsa
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asabiig pl gh
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lsa
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asabiins dim gh
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nindasab1s - 3s pos nj
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es
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odasabiin3s - 3' pos es
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odasabiin3s - 3's pos nj
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Biindoonag abiwag igiw asabiig.

The nets are in the boat.
 es
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Aayaanikoobiwag midaaso ingiw indasabiig.

My ten nets were sitting there one after another.
 es
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Anaamikwam bimi-inabi a'aw asab.

The net is in place running along under the ice.
 es
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Gidaa-bakinaa gidasab ji-baaswad.

You should pull up your net to dry it.
 nj
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Onaazibiiwinaan odasabiin waa'-ando-bagida'waad.

She's taking her net down to the lake to set it.
 nj
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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

asab na a net
(verb of making) asabike vai s/he makes nets (verb of possession) odasabii vai s/he has a net or nets

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