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dazhwegisidoon vti2 nj
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lay it out spread flat

Paired with: dazhwegishim vta



nindazhwegisidoon 1s - 0s ind; odazhwegisidoon 3s - 0s ind; dazhwegisidood 3s - 0 conj; dezhwegisidood 3s - 0 ch-conj; dazhwegisidoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /dazhwegisid-/

nindazhwegisidoon1s - 0s ind es
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odazhwegisidoon3s - 0s ind es
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dazhwegisidood3s - 0 conj es
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dezhwegisidood3s - 0 ch-conj es
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dazhwegisidoon2s - 0 imp es
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ogii-tazhwegisidoon3s - 0s ind pst es
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Aandi gaa'-izhi-dazhwegisidooyan bagiwaanegamig ji-baateg. / Ogiji-bikwasin ingii'-izhi-dazhwegisidoon.

Where did you spread the tent to dry? / I spread it out on the big boulder.
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Weweni ogii-tazhwegisidoonan iniwen waa-miigiwed o-wii-pagijiged.

He spread out the goods that he's going to give as his offering the best way he could.
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dazhwegisidoon /dazhwegisid-/: /dazhw-/
spread out, stretched out
; /-eg-/
sheet-like (two-dimensional flexible objects of material such as bark, hide/skin, cloth, and paper)
; /-sid/
cause it to fall or lie (drop, lay, set, put), impact it (hit, hit against, hit with something)

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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