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aazhawa'oojige vai es
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s/he takes things across by boat, ferries things across



indaazhawa'oojige 1s ind; niyaazhawa'oojige 1s ind; aazhawa'oojige 3s ind; aazhawa'oojiged 3s conj; Stem: /aazhawa'oojige-/

aazhawa'oojige3s ind es
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aazhawa'oojiged3s conj es
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aazhawa'oojige /aazhawa'oojige-/: /aazhawa'ood-/ stem of aazhawa'oodoon vti2 ; /-ge/
s/he acts (on an unspecified object)

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Word Family

aazhawa'oodoon vti2 take it across by boat; ferry it across
(detransitive) aazhawa'oojige vai s/he takes things across by boat, ferries things across (verb of undergoing) aazhawa'oojigaade vii it is taken across by boat, is ferried across (by someone) (verb of undergoing) aazhawa'oojigaazo vai s/he is taken across by boat, ferried across (by someone) (derived noun) aazhawa'oojigan ni a ferry

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