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aatawe'ige vai rg
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[N]

s/he puts something (a fire or something lit) out; s/he extinguishes something



indaatawe'ige 1s ind; nindaatawe'ige 1s ind; aatawe'ige 3s ind; aatawe'iged 3s conj; ayaatawe'iged 3s ch-conj; Stem: /aatawe'ige-/

nindaatawe'ige1s ind nj
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aatawe'ige3s ind nj
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rg
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aatawe'iged3s conj nj
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rg
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Aazha gii'-aatawe'ige. Ganabaj gii'-ando-nibaa.

Her lights are already out. I think she's gone to bed.
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aatawe'ige /aatawe'ige-/: /aatawe'-/ stem of aatawe'an vti [N] ; /-ge/
s/he acts (on an unspecified object)

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Word Family

aatawe'an vti [N] put it (a fire or something lit) out, extinguish it
(benefactive) aatawe'amaw vta put it (fire or something lit) out for h/, extinguish it for h/ (detransitive) aatawe'ige vai [N] s/he puts something (a fire or something lit) out; s/he extinguishes something (derived noun) aatawe'igan ni a fire extinguisher

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