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gizhaabikizige vai es
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s/he heats things (as something mineral)



ingizhaabikizige 1s ind; ningizhaabikizige 1s ind; nigizhaabikizige 1s ind; gizhaabikizige 3s ind; gizhaabikiziged 3s conj; gezhaabikiziged 3s ch-conj; Stem: /gizhaabikizige-/

nigizhaabikizige1s ind es
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gizhaabikizige3s ind es
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gizhaabikiziged3s conj es
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gezhaabikiziged3s ch-conj es
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gii-kizhaabikizige3s ind pst es
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gizhaabikizige /gizhaabikizige-/: /gizhaabikiz-/ stem of gizhaabikizan vti ; /-ge/
s/he acts (on an unspecified object)

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Word Family

gizhaabikizan vti heat it (as something mineral)
(detransitive) gizhaabikizige vai s/he heats things (as something mineral) (derived noun) gizhaabikizigan ni a stove

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