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dazhindan vti es
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talk, gossip about it, discuss it

Paired with: dazhim vta



nindazhindaan 1s - 0s ind; nidazhindaan 1s - 0s ind; odazhindaan 3s - 0s ind; dazhindang 3s - 0 conj; endazhindang 3s - 0 ch-conj; dazhindan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /dazhind-/

nindazhindaan1s - 0s ind es
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odazhindaan3s - 0s ind es
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dazhindang3s - 0 conj es
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endazhindang3s - 0 ch-conj es
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dazhindan2s - 0 imp es
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ogii-tazhindaan3s - 0s ind pst es
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Awegonen endazhindang.

What is he talking about?
 es
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Gakina gegoo odazhindaanaawaa ingiw.

They talk about everything.
 gh
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Wegonenan dinowan gaa-dazhindaman.

What are those things you are talking about?
 nj
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Wii-maawanji'iidiwag igiw gichi-aya'aag wii-tazhindamowaad mewinzha gaa-pi-izhiwebak.

The elders are going to assemble to discuss what happened long ago.
 es
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dazhindan /dazhind-/: /daN-/
there, in a certain place
; /-nd/
act on it by speech

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.

Word Family

dazhindan vti talk, gossip about it, discuss it
(verb of undergoing) dazhinjigaade vii it is talked, gossiped about (by someone), "they" talk, gossip about it (verb of undergoing) dazhinjigaazo vai s/he is talked, gossiped about (by someone), "they" talk, gossip about h/

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