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animikosidoon vti2 es
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lay it face down

Paired with: animikoshim vta



indanimikosidoon 1s - 0s ind; nindanimikosidoon 1s - 0s ind; nidanimikosidoon 1s - 0s ind; odanimikosidoon 3s - 0s ind; animikosidood 3s - 0 conj; enimikosidood 3s - 0 ch-conj; animikosidoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /animikosid-/

nidanimikosidoon1s - 0s ind es
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odanimikosidoon3s - 0s ind es
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enimikosidood3s - 0 ch-conj es
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animikosidoon 2s - 0 imp es
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Ogii-animikosidoon i'iw giziibiiga'igani-makak.

He turned the washtub over.
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animikosidoon /animikosid-/: /animikw-/
facing away, facedown, upside down
; /-sid/
cause it to fall or lie (drop, lay, set, put), impact it (hit, hit against, hit with something)

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Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

animikosidoon vti2 lay it face down
(detransitive) animikosijige vai s/he lays (things) face down (verb of undergoing) animikosijigaade vii it is laid face down (by someone), "they" lay it face down (verb of undergoing) animikosijigaazo vai s/he or it (animate) is laid face down (by someone), "they" lay h/ or it face down

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