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ojaanimendam vai2 es
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s/he is anxious, is impatient, is in a hurry



indoojaanimendam 1s ind; nindoojaanimendam 1s ind; nidoojaanimendam 1s ind; ojaanimendam 3s ind; ojaanimendang 3s conj; wejaanimendang 3s ch-conj; Stem: /ojaanimend+am-/

indoojaanimendam1s ind es
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ojaanimendam 3s ind es
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ojaanimendang3s conj es
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wejaanimendang3s ch-conj es
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gaawiin ojaanimendanzii3s ind neg es
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Mii ji-bwaanawi'ad ji-gichiwinadiban. Ojaanimendam wii-azhegiiwed iwidi gaa-pi-onji-bazigwiid gaa-izhiwebadinig.

You won't be able to hold him back. He wants to go back where he came from because something happened over there.
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ojaanimendam /ojaanimend+am-/: /ojaanim-/
urgent
; /-end/
act by thought on it; perceive it by thought; feel in the mind

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