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gashkendam vai2 es
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s/he is lonely, is lonesome, is sad



ingashkendam 1s ind; ningashkendam 1s ind; nigashkendam 1s ind; gashkendam 3s ind; gashkendang 3s conj; geshkendang 3s ch-conj; Stem: /gashkend+am-/

nigashkendam1s ind es
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gashkendam3s ind es
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gashkendang3s conj es
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geshkendang3s ch-conj es
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gii-kashkendam3s ind pst es
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Onzaam apane gashkendam gaa-onji-mizhizid.

He got lonesome all the the time; that's why he got sick.
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gashkendam /gashkend+am-/: /gashk-/
enclosed, attached together 
; /-end/
act by thought on it; perceive it by thought; feel in the mind
Reduplicated Form: gagashkendam

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