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ikweginan vti es
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hold or put it (something sheet-like) higher, out of the way



indikweginaan 1s - 0s ind; odikweginaan 3s - 0s ind; ikweginang 3s - 0 conj; ekweginang 3s - 0 ch-conj; ikweginan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /ikwegin-/

indikweginaan1s - 0s ind es
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odikweginaan3s - 0s ind es
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ikweginang3s - 0 conj es
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ekweginang3s - 0 ch-conj es
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ikweginan2s - 0 imp es
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Ikweginan iwe gibiiga'igan.

Put the window curtains up out of the way.
 es
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ikweginan /ikwegin-/: /ikw-/
higher, out of the way, aside
; /-eg-/
sheet-like (two-dimensional flexible objects of material such as bark, hide/skin, cloth, and paper)
; /-in/
act on it by hand

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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

ikweginan vti hold or put it (something sheet-like) higher, out of the way
(detransitive) ikweginige vai s/he holds or puts something (sheet-like), higher, out of the way out of the way (verb of undergoing) ikweginigaade vii it (sheet-like) is held or put higher, out of the way (by someone)

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