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zanagi'iwe vai

s/he makes (people) do something difficult, gives people a hard time, makes trouble for people



nzanagi'iwe 1s ind; zanagi'iwe 3s ind; zanagi'iwed 3s conj; zenagi'iwed 3s ch-conj; Stem: /zanagi'iwe-/

zanagi'iwe /zanagi'iwe-/: /zanagi'-/ stem of zanagi' vta ; /-we/
s/he acts (on an unspecified animate object)

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Word Family

zanagi' vta make it difficult, hard for h/
(detransitive) zanagi'iwe vai s/he makes (people) do something difficult, gives people a hard time, makes trouble for people (reciprocal) zanagi'idiwag vai they make each other do something difficult; they make things difficult, hard for each other, give each other a hard time (reflexive) zanagi'idizo vai s/he makes h/ self do something difficult; s/he makes things difficult, hard for h/ self, gives h/ self a hard time

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