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mazinaatesidoon vti2

project an image of, film it



nimazinaatesidoon 1s - 0s ind; omazinaatesidoon 3s - 0s ind; mazinaatesidood 3s - 0 conj; mezinaatesidood 3s - 0 ch-conj; mazinaatesidoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /mazinaatesid-/

mazinaatesidoon /mazinaatesid-/: /mazinaate-/ stem of mazinaate vii ; /-sid/
cause it to fall or lie (drop, lay, set, put), impact it (hit, hit against, hit with something)

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Word Family

mazinaatesidoon vti2 project an image of, film it
(detransitive) mazinaatesijige vai s/he shows a movie, watches a movie (derived noun) mazinaatesijigan ni a television

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