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daangandan vti es
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taste a sample of it

Paired with: daangam vta



indaangandaan 1s - 0s ind; nindaangandaan 1s - 0s ind; nidaangandaan 1s - 0s ind; odaangandaan 3s - 0s ind; daangandang 3s - 0 conj; dayaangandang 3s - 0 ch-conj; daangandan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /daangand-/

nindaangandaan1s - 0s ind es
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odaangandaan3s - 0s ind es
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daangandang3s - 0 conj es
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daangandan 2s - 0 imp es
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ogii-taangandaan3s - 0s ind pst es
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Ogii-taangandaan iwe adiko-wiiyaas jibwaa-g... gojipidang.

He touched his tongue to the caribou meat before he tasted it.
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daangandan /daangand-/: /daang-/
touch, contact
; /-and/
act on it by mouth or teeth: eat it, chew it

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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