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odish vta es
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come up to, reach, visit h/; get to where h/ is

Paired with: oditan vti



indoodisaa 1s - 3s ind; nindoodisaa 1s - 3s ind; nidoodisaa 1s - 3s ind; odoodisaan 3s - 3' ind; odisaad 3s - 3' conj; wedisaad 3s - 3' ch-conj; odish 2s - 3 imp; Stem: /odiS-/

indoodisaa1s - 3s ind es
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odoodisaan3s - 3' ind es
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odisaad3s - 3' conj es
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wedisaad3s - 3' ch-conj es
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odish 2s - 3 imp es
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Onandomaamaan awe inday iniw gaa-pi-odishiyangid dibikong.

My dog sniffed around for what came into the yard last night.
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The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

with support and collaboration from the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies and University Libraries.

Word Family

odish vta come up to, reach, visit h/; get to where h/ is
(detransitive) odishiwe vai s/he comes up to, visits people; gets to where people are (reciprocal) odisidiwag vai they meet each other; they come to each other

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