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mizhagaa vai nj
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s/he comes ashore (in a boat)



nimizhagaa 1s ind; mizhagaa 3s ind; mizhagaad 3s conj; mezhagaad 3s ch-conj; Stem: /mizhagaa-/

nimizhagaa1s ind nj
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mizhagaa 3s ind nj
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mizhagaad3s conj nj
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Agaawaa gii'-te-mizhagaa; gegaa gii'-kibozigwaji.

He barely made it to shore before he got frozen in (with the canoe).
 nj
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mizhagaa /mizhagaa-/: /mizh-/
arrive at, reach
; /-agaa/
s/he goes by water

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

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