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mazina'ige vai es
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s/he owes something, gets or has credit, buys on credit, charges to an account, goes into debt



nimazina'ige 1s ind; mazina'ige 3s ind; mazina'iged 3s conj; mezina'iged 3s ch-conj; mazina'igen 2s imp; Stem: /mazina'ige-/

nimazina'ige1s ind es
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mazina'ige3s ind es
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mazina'igen2s imp es
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Gigii-aanjidaabaane. Wawiinge go gigichi-mazina'ige miinawaa.

You got a another car. Owe a lot on credit again?
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Niwii-o-mazina'ige wiisiniwin iwidi adaawewigamigong.

I'm going to go charge up some groceries at the store.
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Mii go 'i aanawi gii-kashki'ewizid ji-mazina'iged wii-aanjidaabaaned.

He was able anyway to get financing to trade in his car.
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mazina'ige /mazina'ige-/: /mazina'-/ stem of mazina'an 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

mazina'an vti buy it on credit, charge it to an account
(detransitive) mazina'ige vai s/he owes something, gets or has credit, buys on credit, charges to an account, goes into debt
(derived noun) mazina'igewin ni something owed: a bill, a debt, credit
(benefactive) mazina'amaw vta owe (it) to h/, get credit from h/, charge (it) (on an account with h/)

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