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idizo vai es
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s/he tells of h/ self, calls h/ self so



indidiz 1s ind; idizo 3s ind; idizod 3s conj; edizod 3s ch-conj; Stem: /idizo-/

"Gichi-ogimaa" idizo awe oshki-ininiins.

That young man calls himself "the big chief".
 es
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idizo /idizo-/: /iN-/ stem of izhi vta ; /-idizo/
[reflexive]

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

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Word Family

izhi vta say to h/, speak so to h/
(reciprocal) idiwag vai they say (so) to each other; they speak to each other in a certain way (reflexive) idizo vai s/he tells of h/ self, calls h/ self so

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