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gaandinan vti es
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push it

Paired with: gaandin vta



ngaandinaan 1s - 0s ind; ningaandinaan 1s - 0s ind; nigaandinaan 1s - 0s ind; ogaandinaan 3s - 0s ind; gaandinang 3s - 0 conj; gayaandinang 3s - 0 ch-conj; gaandinan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /gaandin-/

ngaandinaan1s - 0s ind lw
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ningaandinaan1s - 0s ind nj
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nigaandinaan1s - 0s ind es
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ogaandinaan3s - 0s ind nj
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lw
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es
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gaandinang3s - 0 conj nj
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lw
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es
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gayaandinang3s - 0 ch-conj gh
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gaandinan 2s - 0 imp nj
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lw
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es
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ogii-kaandinaan3s - 0s ind pst nj
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es
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Ningaandinaamin i'iw odaabaan gii-noogibideg.

We pushed the car when it couldn't start.
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gaandinan /gaandin-/: /gaand-/
force, push
; /-in/
act on it by hand
Reduplicated Form: gaakaandinan

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

gaandinan vti push it
(detransitive) gaandinige vai s/he pushes things (benefactive) gaandinamaw vta push (it) for h/ (verb of undergoing) gaandinigaade vii it is pushed (by someone) Using something), "they" push it (using something) (verb of undergoing) gaandinigaazo vai s/he is pushed (by someone), "they" push h/

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