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okikaandag na gh
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a jack pine

[
Pinus banksiana
]

See also: akikaandag na [ML]



okikaandag sg; okikaandagoog pl; okikaandagoons dim; okikaandagong loc; Stem: /okikaandagw-/

okikaandag sg gh
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es
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nj
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okikaandagoog pl gh
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es
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nj
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okikaandagoons dim es
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nj
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okikaandagong loc nj
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Niibowa ingii-mamaanaanig igiweg okikaandagoog imaa gii-kiishka'aakweyaang biboonong.

When we were cutting wood last winter, we took a lot of jack pine out of that grove.
 es
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Owi-okoshim igiweg okikaandagoog gaa-kiishkiga'angwaanig.

Go pile up the jack pines that we cut.
 es
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okikaandag /okikaandagw-/: /okikw-/ stem of okik ni ; /-aandagw/
tree (especially fir), bough

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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