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magozigoshin vai nj
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s/he or it (animate) is coated with ice; it (animate; a sled or sled runner) is iced up



magozigoshin 3s ind; magozigoshing 3s conj; megozigoshing 3s ch-conj; Stem: /magozigoshin-/

magozigoshin3s ind nj
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magozigoshing3s conj nj
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Bwaawishkaa odaabaanaak. Ganabaj onzaam magozigoshin.

The sled won't go. I think it's too iced up.
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magozigoshin /magozigoshin-/: /magw-/
swelling or mound on surface (showing contour of what is underneath)
; /-zigw-/
ice-like, slab; something formed in slabs or cakes; ice
; /-shin/
s/he falls, lies, treads, contacts, hits on something