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mitaawangaa vii es
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it is a sandy beach

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commonly used as a noun with a locative suffix: mitaawangaang at or on the beach



mitaawangaa 0s ind; mitaawangaag 0s conj; metaawangaag 0s ch-conj; mitaawangaamagad 0s ind aug; Stem: /mitaawangaa-/

mitaawangaa 0s ind es
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mitaawangaag0s conj es
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mitaawangaang loc es
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Gii-zhiibaayaakwaag niwii-o-dazhi-giizhiganishin imaa mitaawangaag.

I'm going to go spend my day at the cut-off on the sandy shore.
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mitaawangaa /mitaawangaa-/: /mit-/
bare, unaided
; /-aawang-/
something granular: fine particle, powder, sand
; /-aa/
it is in a state or condition

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