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gagiiginan vti es
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select, pick, choose (the best) from it

Paired with: gagiigin vta



ingagiiginaan 1s - 0s ind; ningagiiginaan 1s - 0s ind; nigagiiginaan 1s - 0s ind; ogagiiginaan 3s - 0s ind; gagiiginang 3s - 0 conj; gegiiginang 3s - 0 ch-conj; gagiiginan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /gagiigin-/

nigagiiginaan1s - 0s ind es
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ogagiiginaan3s - 0s ind es
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gagiiginang3s - 0 conj es
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gegiiginang3s - 0 ch-conj es
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gagiiginan2s - 0 imp es
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ogii-kagiiginaan3s - 0s ind pst es
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Ningii-wiijiiwaanaan nimaamaayinaan gii-mawinzoyaang. Niin dash ningii-ni-gagiiginaanan iniw miinan memaangiminagakin.

We went with our mother blueberry picking and I picked the biggest ones.
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Ogii-kagiiginaanan iniwen editegin miinan.

He picked out the ripe blueberries.
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The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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