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wanii'amaw vta es
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trap (for) h/ or it (animate)



niwanii'amawaa 1s - 3s ind; owanii'amawaan 3s - 3' ind; wanii'amawaad 3s - 3' conj; wenii'amawaad 3s - 3' ch-conj; wanii'amaw 2s - 3 imp; Stem: /wanii'amaw-/

Gichi-onzaamiinowag igiw boodaanjibingwesiwishag. Indaga wanii'amaw.

There's too many gophers. Why don't you trap them?
 es
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Anaamaatig gidaa-izhi-wanii'amawaa zhaangweshi.

Put your mink trap underneath a log.
 nj
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Ingii-wanii'amawaa awe waagosh. Waagoshiwayaan niwii-ayaawaa.

I was trapping for a fox. I want to have a fox hide.
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As if from a base word wanii'an /wanii'-/ plus /-amaw/

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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