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maamiginan vti es
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collect them (inanimate) together, gather them (inanimate)

Paired with: maamigin vta



nimaamiginaan 1s - 0s ind; omaamiginaan 3s - 0s ind; maamiginang 3s - 0 conj; mayaamiginang 3s - 0 ch-conj; maamiginan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /maamigin-/

nimaamiginaan1s - 0s ind es
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omaamiginaan3s - 0s ind es
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maamiginang3s - 0 conj es
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maamiginan 2s - 0 imp es
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Nigii-gichi-aabajitoonan gii-pabaa-maamiginamaan iniwen gaa-webinigaadegin.

I made good use of those discarded things that I collected.
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Indaga naa maamiginan ini gidoodaminwaagaansan ji-na'inaman.

Gather up your toys and put them away.
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maamiginan /maamigin-/: /maamig-/
gather, pickup
; /-in/
act on it by hand
Reduplicated Form: maamaamiginan

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Word Family

maamiginan vti collect them (inanimate) together, gather them (inanimate)
(benefactive) maamiginamaw vta collect (it) together for, gather (it) for h (detransitive) maamiginige vai s/he collects something (verb of undergoing) maamiginigaade vii it is collected together, "they" collect it/them together (verb of undergoing) maamiginigaazo vai h/ is collected together, "they" collect them together

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