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andom vta es
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ask for, call, summon h/

See also: nandom vta [ML]



ninandomaa 1s - 3s ind; ninandomig 3s - 1s ind; onandomaan 3s - 3' ind; andomaad 3s - 3' conj; endomaad 3s - 3' ch-conj; andom 2s - 3 imp; Stem: /nandom-/

ninandomaa1s - 3s ind es
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ninandomig3s - 1s ind es
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andomaad3s - 3' conj es
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endomaad3s - 3' ch-conj es
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andom2s - 3 imp es
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Ingii-andomaag igiw abinoojiinyag ji-bi-odaminowaad.

I called the children to come and play.
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Mii iniw gaa-andawenimaad ji-bi-gaagiigidonid gaa-onji-andomaad.

That's the person she wanted to come and speak -- so that's why she asked him to come over.
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Ingii-andomigoo idi aakoziwiiwigamigong. Gii-shaabwaakizigaade nikaakigan.

They asked me to go the hospital. I got a chest x-ray.
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Gego indawaaj andomaaken awe. Maji-mashkiki 'a eta go ogikendaan.

Don't call on him. He only knows bad medicine.
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andom /nandom-/: /nandw-/
seek
; /-m/
speak to h/; act on h/ by speech
Reduplicated Form: nanaandom

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