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gwekinan vti es
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turn it (by hand)

Paired with: gwekin vta



ingwekinaan 1s - 0s ind; ningwekinaan 1s - 0s ind; nigwekinaan 1s - 0s ind; ogwekinaan 3s - 0s ind; gwekinang 3s - 0 conj; gwayekinang 3s - 0 ch-conj; gwekinan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /gwekin-/

nigwekinaan1s - 0s ind es
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ogwekinaan3s - 0s ind es
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gwekinang3s - 0 conj es
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gwekinan2s - 0 imp es
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ogii-kwekinaan3s - 0s ind pst es
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Ogii-kwekinaan aana-gii-nanaa'isijigaadenig 'i waasechiganaabik.

He turned around the glass pane they had set.
 es
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gwekinan /gwekin-/: /gwek-/
turn, change direction
; /-in/
act on it by hand
Reduplicated Form: gwekwekinan

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

gwekinan vti turn it (by hand)
(benefactive) gwekinamaw vta turn (it) for h/ by hand (detransitive) gwekinige vai s/he turns things (by hand) (verb of undergoing) gwekinigaade vii it is turned (by someone) by hand (verb of undergoing) gwekinigaazo vai s/he is turned (by someone) by hand

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