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wadikwan ni es
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a branch



wadikwan sg; wadikwanan pl; wadikwaans dim; wadikwanens dim; wadikwaning loc; wadikwanish pej; Stem: /wadikwan-/

wadikwan sg gh
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nj
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wadikwanan pl gh
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es
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nj
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wadikwaans dim es
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wadikwanens dim nj
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wadikwaning loc es
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nj
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wadikwanish pej nj
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Apane naa niwiiwakwaan. Gii-sagaakwadin imaa wadikwaning.

There went my cap! It got caught up on a tree branch.
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Giishpin gashkitooyan, webikodan iwe wadikwaans.

If you can, cut away that little twig.
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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

wadikwan ni a branch
(verb of being) wadikwaniwi vai it (animate) has branches (verb of being) wadikwaniwan vii it has branches

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