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asigibii'ige vai es
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s/he writes numbers, adds things up, tallies up



indasigibii'ige 1s ind; nindasigibii'ige 1s ind; nidasigibii'ige 1s ind; asigibii'ige 3s ind; asigibii'iged 3s conj; esigibii'iged 3s ch-conj; Stem: /asigibii'ige-/

indasigibii'ige1s ind es
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asigibii'ige3s ind es
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asigibii'iged3s conj es
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es
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esigibii'iged3s ch-conj es
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Wenda-ojaanimitaawaad igi esigibii'igewaad.

Those people are really busy tallying up the points.
 es
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asigibii'ige /asigibii'ige-/: /asigibii'-/ stem of asigibii'an vti ; /-ge/
s/he acts (on an unspecified object)

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Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

asigibii'an vti add it up
(detransitive) asigibii'ige vai s/he writes numbers, adds things up, tallies up (derived noun) asigibii'igan ni a number; a calculator

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