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giba'ige vai

s/he stops things up; plugs, blocks, dams things



ingiba'ige 1s ind; ningiba'ige 1s ind; nigiba'ige 1s ind; giba'ige 3s ind; giba'iged 3s conj; geba'iged 3s ch-conj; Stem: /giba'ige-/

giba'ige /giba'ige-/: /giba'-/ stem of giba'an vti ; /-ge/
s/he acts (on an unspecified object)

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Word Family

giba'an vti stop it up; plug, block, dam it
(detransitive) giba'ige vai s/he stops things up; plugs, blocks, dams things (verb of undergoing) giba'igaade vii it is stopped up, plugged, blocked (by someone), "they" stop it up, plug, block it (verb of undergoing) giba'igaazo vai s/he is stopped up, plugged, blocked (by someone), "they" stop up, plug, block h/ (derived noun) giba'igan ni something that blocks or plugs: a plug, a stopper, a dam

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