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odaapinan vti es
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take, accept; pick it up

Paired with: odaapin vta



indoodaapinaan 1s - 0s ind; nindoodaapinaan 1s - 0s ind; nidoodaapinaan 1s - 0s ind; odoodaapinaan 3s - 0s ind; odaapinang 3s - 0 conj; wedaapinang 3s - 0 ch-conj; odaapinan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /odaapin-/

indoodaapinaan1s - 0s ind es
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odoodaapinaan3s - 0s ind es
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odaapinang3s - 0 conj es
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wedaapinang3s - 0 ch-conj es
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odaapinan2s - 0 imp es
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Odazhewidoon aana-gii-odaapinang.

He returned it even though he had accepted it.
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Odoodaapinaan 'iw bagijigan.

He picked up the offering.
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odaapinan /odaapin-/: /odaap-/
take, pick up
; /-in/
act on it by hand
Reduplicated Form: wawidaapinan

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

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Word Family

odaapinan vti take, accept; pick it up
(detransitive) odaapinige vai s/he accepts, takes, picks things up (benefactive) odaapinamaw vta accept, take (it) from h/; pick (it) up from h/ (verb of undergoing) odaapinigaade vii it is taken, accepted, picked up (by someone); "they" take, accept, pick it up (verb of undergoing) odaapinigaazo vai s/he is taken, accepted, picked up (by someone); "they" take, accept, pick it up

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