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anokiitaazo vai

s/he works for h/ self

indanokiitaaz 1s ind; nindanokiitaaz 1s ind; nidanokiitaaz 1s ind; anokiitaazo 3s ind; anokiitaazod 3s conj; enokiitaazod 3s ch-conj; Stem: /anokiitaazo-/

Word Parts

anokiitaazo /anokiitaazo-/: /anokiitaw-/ stem of anokiitaw vta ; /-zo/

[reflexive]

Reduplication

Reduplicated Form: ayanokiitaazo

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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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