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gitimi vai es
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s/he is lazy, is shiftless, is incompetent



ingitim 1s ind; ningitim 1s ind; nigitim 1s ind; gitimi 3s ind; gitimid 3s conj; getimid 3s ch-conj; Stem: /gitimi-/

nigitim1s ind es
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es
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gitimi 3s ind es
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gitimid3s conj es
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es
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getimid3s ch-conj es
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Aaniin da naa. Gigitim ina.

What the heck! Are you lazy?
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Reduplicated Form: gagitimi

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Word Family

gitimi vai s/he is lazy, is shiftless, is incompetent
(verb of addiction) gitimishki vai s/he is habitually lazy, is a lazybones

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