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agindamaage vai

s/he counts (something) for people; s/he reads (something) for people



indagindamaage 1s ind; nindagindamaage 1s ind; nidagindamaage 1s ind; agindamaage 3s ind; agindamaaged 3s conj; egindamaaged 3s ch-conj; Stem: /agindamaage-/

agindamaage /agindamaage-/: /agindamaw-/ stem of agindamaw vta ; /-ge/
s/he acts (on an unspecified object)
Reduplicated Form: ayagindamaage

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Word Family

agindan vti count it; read it
(detransitive) agindaaso vai s/he counts; s/he reads
(verb of undergoing) aginjigaade vii
  1. it is counted (by someone), "they" count it
  2. it is read (by someone), "they" read it
 (verb of undergoing) aginjigaazo vai s/he or it (animate) is counted (by someone) (benefactive) agindamaw vta count (it) for h/; read (it) for h/
(detransitive) agindamaage vai s/he counts (something) for people; s/he reads (something) for people

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