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anishinaabewibii'igaade vii es
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it is written in Indian (Ojibwe) by someone, "they" write it in Indian (Ojibwe)



anishinaabewibii'igaade 0s ind; anishinaabewibii'igaadeg 0s conj; enishinaabewibii'igaadeg 0s ch-conj; anishinaabewibii'igaademagad 0s ind aug; Stem: /anishinaabewibii'igaade-/

anishinaabewibii'igaade0s ind es
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anishinaabewibii'igaadeg0s conj es
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enishinaabewibii'igaadeg0s ch-conj es
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anishinaabewibii'igaade /anishinaabewibii'igaade-/: /anishinaabewibii'-/ stem of anishinaabewibii'an vti ; /-gaade/
it undergoes action (by someone)

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Word Family

anishinaabewibii'an vti write it in Indian, write it in Ojibwe
(benefactive) anishinaabewibii'amaw vta write (it) in Indian (Ojibwe) to h/, write (it) in Ojibwe to h/ (detransitive) anishinaabewibii'ige vai s/he writes in Indian (Ojibwe) (verb of undergoing) anishinaabewibii'igaade vii it is written in Indian (Ojibwe) by someone, "they" write it in Indian (Ojibwe) (derived noun) anishinaabewibii'igan ni something written in Indian (Ojibwe), Indian (Ojibwe) writing

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