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wekwaamon vii es
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it (road or trail) ends



wekwaamon 0s ind; wekwaamog 0s conj; wayekwaamog 0s ch-conj; Stem: /wekwaamon-/

wekwaamon0s ind es
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wekwaamog0s conj es
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Aandi dash imaa wekwaamog.

Where does the road end?
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Ganabaj iwidi wekwaamon.

I think the road comes to a dead end there.
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Iwidi bedakideg waakaa'igan gii-wekwaamog mii iwidi anzhikewiged 'a endwewemad.

The house at the end of the road is where the guy you are asking for is living by himself.
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wekwaamon /wekwaamon-/: /wekwaa-/
at the end
; /-amo/
it is a path, a trail, a road; it leads (as a line)

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

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