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anokiishki vai

s/he is always working, is a "workaholic"



indanokiishk 1s ind; anokiishki 3s ind; anokiishkid 3s conj; enokiishkid 3s ch-conj; Stem: /anokiishki-/

anokiishki /anokiishki-/: /anokii-/ stem of anokii vai ; /-shki/
s/he is habitually doing something or is habitually in such a state

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Word Family

anokii vai s/he works
(verb of pretending) anokiikaazo vai s/he pretends to work (verb of addiction) anokiishki vai s/he is always working, is a "workaholic" (causative) anokii' vta make h/ work, put h/ to work, employ h/
(reflexive) anokii'idizo vai s/he makes h/ self work (reciprocal) anokii'idiwag vai they make each other work, put each other to work
(applicative) anokiitaw vta work for h/
(reflexive) anokiitaadizo vai s/he works for h/ self (reflexive) anokiitaazo vai s/he works for h/ self (detransitive) anokiitaage vai s/he works for people
(derived noun) anokiiwin ni work, a job
(verb of abundance) anokiiwinikaa vii there is (a lot of) work

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