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giziiyaabaawazh vta nj
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rinse h/ or it (animate); wash h/ or it (animate) off

Paired with: giziiyaabaawadoon vti2



ningiziiyaabaawanaa 1s - 3s ind; ogiziiyaabaawanaan 3s - 3' ind; giziiyaabaawanaad 3s - 3' conj; geziiyaabaawanaad 3s - 3' ch-conj; giziiyaabaawazh 2s - 3 imp; Stem: /giziiyaabaawaN-/

ningiziiyaabaawanaa1s - 3s ind nj
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ogiziiyaabaawanaan3s - 3' ind nj
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giziiyaabaawanaad3s - 3' conj nj
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geziiyaabaawanaad3s - 3' ch-conj nj
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giziiyaabaawazh2s - 3 imp nj
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ogii-kiziiyaabaawanaan3s - 3' ind pst nj
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Giziiyaabaawazh zhiishiib jibwaa-gabaashimad.

Rinse off the duck before you cook it in the pot.
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Mitaawangowi injiibaakwaanakik. Akawe ninga-giziiyaabaawanaa.

My cooking pot has sand on it. I'll rinse it off first.
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giziiyaabaawazh /giziiyaabaawaN-/: /gizii-/
wipe
; /-aabaawaN/
act on h/ with water, flood h/

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Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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