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mazinaakizigan ni es
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  1. a camera
  2. a picture, a photograph



mazinaakizigan sg; mazinaakiziganan pl; mazinaakizigaans dim; mazinaakiziganens dim; mazinaakiziganing loc; Stem: /mazinaakizigan-/

mazinaakizigan sg rg
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mazinaakiziganan pl rg
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nj
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mazinaakizigaans dim es
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mazinaakiziganens dim nj
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Onzaam besho agoode mazinaakizigan jiigi-waasechiganing.

There's a picture hanging too close to the window.
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Mazinaakizigan ningii'-adaawen jibwaa-izhaayaan gichi-zhaawanong.

I bought a camera before I went to Florida.
 nj
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mazinaakizigan /mazinaakizigan-/: /mazinaakiz-/ stem of mazinaakizan vti ; /-gan/
[nominalizer]

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Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

mazinaakizan vti take a picture of, photograph it
(detransitive) mazinaakizige vai s/he takes a picture or pictures, photographs things
(derived noun) mazinaakizigan ni
  1. a camera
  2. a picture, a photograph

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