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gikendan vti es
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know it, know about it, find it out, found out about it, realize it

Paired with: gikenim vta



ingikendaan 1s - 0s ind; ningikendaan 1s - 0s ind; nigikendaan 1s - 0s ind; ogikendaan 3s - 0s ind; gikendang 3s - 0 conj; gekendang 3s - 0 ch-conj; gikendan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /gikend-/

ningikendaan1s - 0s ind nj
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nigikendaan1s - 0s ind es
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ogikendaan3s - 0s ind es
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nj
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gikendang3s - 0 conj es
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nj
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gekendang3s - 0 ch-conj es
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nj
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gikendan 2s - 0 imp es
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nj
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ogii-gikendaan3s - 0s ind pst es
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ogii-kikendaan3s - 0s ind pst nj
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Aanawi go ogii-gikendaan ji-wekwaaseying iwe ziinzibaakwad.

He knew that we were going to run out of sugar but he didn't do anything about it.
 es
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Gaawiin aapiji ogikendanziin omiikana gaa-onji-wanibizod.

He didn't know his road -- that's why he got lost.
 es
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Gego memwech wiindamawaaken. Aazha ogikendaan waa'-izhichiged.

You don't have to tell him. He already knows what to do.
 nj
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Gaawiin ingii-gikendanziin waa-izhichigeyaan, gaa-izhi-gagwejitooyaan.

I didn't know what to do, so I tried it.
 rg
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Ogikendaanaawaa gakina gegoo.

They know it all.
 es
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Bekaa bimibizon aazhawibizowin zaaga'igan gaa-gikendanziwan. Maagizhaa gidaa-bitaabikishin

Go slow going across when you don't know the lake. You might hit a reef.
 nj
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gikendan /gikend-/: /gik-/
know
; /-end/
act by thought on it; perceive it by thought; feel in the mind

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

gikendan vti know it, know about it, find it out, found out about it, realize it
(detransitive) gikenjige vai s/he knows things

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