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ayaabe na gh
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a buck, a male deer



ayaabe sg; ayaabeg pl; ayaabens dim; ayaabewish pej; Stem: /ayaabew-/

ayaabe sg gh
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nj
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ayaabeg pl gh
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nj
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es
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ayaabens dim es
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ayaabewish pej es
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Aaniin epiitinigozid awe ayaabe gaa-paashkizwad. | Gegaa go niswaak gii-apiitinigozi.

How much does the buck you shot weigh? | It weighs almost three hundred pounds.
 es
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Nawaj igo owenipanenimaan iniw gichi-ayaaben gaa-waabamimag iwidi noopiming.

He thinks it's kind of easy for him to get that big buck I saw out in the woods
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