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iwidi adv loc es
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over there



iwidi ;

iwidi rg
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nj
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es
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Aazhawaya'ii iwidi awi-atoon 'i apabiwin.

Go put the chair on the other side.
 es
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Adaawewigamigong iwidi apatwaadan.

Run it over there to the store
 es
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Ambe shke o-mazinaatesijigedaa iwidi mazinaatesijigewigamigong.

Come on let's go see a movie at the theater.
 es
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Gii-gichi-manoominikaa iidog iwidi.

There must have been a lot of rice over there.
 rg
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Agaaming iwidi ningii'-onjikadaan bezhig nindabwi.

I left one of my paddles across the lake.
 nj
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Niwii-izhaa iwidi mashkikiiwigamigong wii-naadiyaan ini nimashkikiiman.

I'm going to go to the drugstore to pick up my medicines.
 es
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Iwidi o-dananokiin.

Go work over there.
 es
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Iwidi gichi-wakaa'iganing wii-tazhi-niimi'iidim onaagoshig.

There going to have a dance over there in the big building this evening.
 nj
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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.

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