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maadizhige vai lw
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s/he starts cutting



nimaadizhige 1s ind; maadizhige 3s ind; maadizhiged 3s conj; mayaadizhiged 3s ch-conj; maadizhigen 2s imp; Stem: /maadizhige-/

nimaadizhige1s ind es
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lw
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maadizhige3s ind es
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lw
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maadizhiged3s conj lw
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mayaadizhiged3s ch-conj gh
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maadizhigen2s imp es
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maadizhige /maadizhige-/: /maadizh-/ stem of maadizhan vti ; /-ge/
s/he acts (on an unspecified object)

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

maadizhan vti start cutting it
(detransitive) maadizhige vai s/he starts cutting

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