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mamayagishkiinzhigwe vai es
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h/ eyes don't look right, look strange



mamayagishkiinzhigwe 3s ind; mamayagishkiinzhigwed 3s conj; memayagishkiinzhigwed 3s ind; Stem: /mamayagishkiinzhigwe-/

mamayagishkiinzhigwe3s ind es
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mamayagishkiinzhigwed3s conj es
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memayagishkiinzhigwed3s ind es
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Mii go bijiinag aateshing awe memayagishkiinzhigwed.

He's just now sobered up so his eyes still don't look right.
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mamayagishkiinzhigwe /mamayagishkiinzhigwe-/: /mamayag-/
strange
; /-shkiinzhigw-/
eye
; /-e/
[incorporating]

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