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oditan vti es
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come up to, reach it

Paired with: odish vta



indooditaan 1s - 0s ind; nindooditaan 1s - 0s ind; nidooditaan 1s - 0s ind; odooditaan 3s - 0s ind; oditang 3s - 0 conj; weditang 3s - 0 ch-conj; oditan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /odit-/

indooditaan1s - 0s ind es
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nindooditaan1s - 0s ind nj
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odooditaan3s - 0s ind es
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nj
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oditang3s - 0 conj es
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nj
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weditang3s - 0 ch-conj es
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oditan 2s - 0 imp es
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nj
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Mii go wayiiba ji-oditamong gii-niisijiwang o'owe ziibiins.

Pretty soon we'll come up to where that stream flows downhill.
 es
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Odooditaan waa'-izhi-wanii'iged.

she got the the place where she's going to set traps.
 nj
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Mii 'i zhigwa oditang gichi-anishinaabewiwin.

He is approaching senior citizen status.
 es
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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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