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azaadi na gh
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a poplar, an aspen

[
trembling aspen
; 
Populus tremuloides
]



azaadi sg; azaadiwag pl; azaadiig pl; azaadiins dim; azaadiing loc; azaadiish pej; Stem: /azaadiw-/

azaadi sg gh
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es
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nj
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azaadiwag pl gh
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nj
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azaadiig pl es
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azaadiins dim gh
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es
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nj
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azaadiing loc nj
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azaadiish pej nj
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Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

azaadi na a poplar, an aspen
(verb of being) azaadiiwi vai it (animate) is a poplar

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