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dewikweshki vai es
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s/he has chronic headaches



nindewikweshk 1s ind; dewikweshki 3s ind; dewikweshkid 3s conj; dayewikweshkid 3s ch-conj; Stem: /dewikweshki-/

nindewikweshk1s ind es
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dewikweshki3s ind es
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gii-tewikweshki3s ind pst es
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Giishpin dewikweshkid, gego miinaaken omashkikiim.

If he's always got a headache, don't give him his medicine.
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dewikweshki /dewikweshki-/: /dewikwe-/ stem of dewikwe vai ; /-shki/
s/he is habitually doing something or is habitually in such a state

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

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Word Family

dewikwe vai s/he has a headache
(verb of addiction) dewikweshki vai s/he has chronic headaches

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