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gidiskaabiiginige vai es
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s/he releases, disconnects, unhooks, unplugs things (as something string-like)



nigidiskaabiiginige 1s ind; gidiskaabiiginige 3s ind; gidiskaabiiginiged 3s conj; gediskaabiiginiged 3s ch-conj; Stem: /gidiskaabiiginige-/

nigidiskaabiiginige1s ind es
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gidiskaabiiginige3s ind es
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gidiskaabiiginiged3s conj es
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gediskaabiiginiged3s ch-conj es
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gii-kidiskaabiiginige3s ind pst es
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gidiskaabiiginige /gidiskaabiiginige-/: /gidiskaabiigin-/ stem of gidiskaabiiginan vti ; /-ge/
s/he acts (on an unspecified object)

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Word Family

gidiskaabiiginan vti release, disconnect, unhook, unplug it (as something string-like)
(detransitive) gidiskaabiiginige vai s/he releases, disconnects, unhooks, unplugs things (as something string-like) (verb of undergoing) gidiskaabiiginigaade vii it is released, disconnected, unhooked, unplugged (as something string-like) (by someone), "they" release, disconnect, unhook, unplug it (as something string-like) (benefactive) gidiskaabiiginamaw vta release, disconnect, unhook, unplug (it) (as something string-like) for h/

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