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aakoziwin ni gh
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a sickness, an illness, a disease



aakoziwin sg; aakoziwinan pl; Stem: /aakoziwin-/

aakoziwin sg nj
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Ogii-o-webaasidoon aakoziwin.

He went and let the illness fly away in then wind.
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aakoziwin /aakoziwin-/: /aakozi-/ stem of aakozi vai ; /-win/
[noun forming final]

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

aakozi vai s/he is sick, is ill
(verb of addiction) aakozishki vai s/he always gets sick aakozin vai + o s/he is sick in (it) (verb of pretending) aakoziikaazo vai s/he pretends to be sick (derived noun) aakoziwin ni a sickness, an illness, a disease
(verb of abundance) aakoziwinikaa vii there is (a lot of) sickness

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