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agaaming adv loc es
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on the other side of a body of water (a lake, a river), across a body of water (a lake, a river)



agaaming ;

agaaming es
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Agaaming inakwazhiwen.

Paddle across the lake.
 nj
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Agaaming ningii-tazhi-ondaadiz.

I was born across the lake.
 rg
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Debinaagwad 'iw Ogaakaaning iwidi agaaming.

You can see Red Lake from across the lake [at Ponemah].
 es
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Agaaming iwidi ningii'-onjikadaan bezhig nindabwi.

I left one of my paddles across the lake.
 nj
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Nookomis madwe-biibaagi agaaming.

You can hear my grandmother calling across the lake.
 nj
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agaaming/agaam-/
on the other side, across
; /-ing/

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