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giziibiiginan vti es
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wash it (by hand)

Paired with: giziibiigin vta



ingiziibiiginaan 1s - 0s ind; ningiziibiiginaan 1s - 0s ind; nigiziibiiginaan 1s - 0s ind; ogiziibiiginaan 3s - 0s ind; giziibiiginang 3s - 0 conj; geziibiiginang 3s - 0 ch-conj; giziibiiginan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /giziibiigin-/

nigiziibiiginaan1s - 0s ind es
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ogiziibiiginaan3s - 0s ind es
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giziibiiginang3s - 0 conj es
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geziibiiginang3s - 0 ch-conj es
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giziibiiginan2s - 0 imp es
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ogii-kiziibiiginaan3s - 0s ind pst es
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Ogiziibiiginaanan waasechiganan.

He's washing the windows.
 es
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Nibwaanawitoon wii-kiziibiiginamaan nzhiigan wenji-agwaagozhiiganeyaan.

I can't reach to wash my lower back and that's why I have a crusty back.
 es
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Ningiziibiiginaanan onaaganan jibwaa-agwaakadodeg wiisiniwin.

I'm washing the dishes before the food sticks to them.
 nj
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Wiinaabikadoon gidoonaaganan. Gidaa-giziibiiginaanan.

Your dishes are dirty. You should wash them.
 nj
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giziibiiginan /giziibiigin-/: /giziibiig-/
wash
; /-in/
act on it by hand

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

with support and collaboration from the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies and University Libraries.

Word Family

giziibiiginan vti wash it (by hand)
(detransitive) giziibiiginige vai s/he washes something (by hand) (verb of undergoing) giziibiiginigaazo vai s/he is washed (by someone), "they" wash h/ (verb of undergoing) giziibiiginigaade vii it is washed (by someone), "they" wash it (benefactive) giziibiiginamaw vta wash (it) for h/

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