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dasin vii

it is so much, there is so much of it

Paired with: dashi vai See also: dasinoon vii



dasin 0s ind; dasing 0s conj; endasing 0s ch-conj; Stem: /dasin-/

Aaniin endasing iwe ziinzibaakwad.

How much sugar is there?
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Mii iwe endasing i'iwe ziinzibaakwad.

That's how much sugar there is.
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singular of verb usually in the plural: dasinoon
dasin /dasin-/: /daS-/
so many, a certain number
; /-in/
be such a number

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