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migidan vti es
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bark at it

Paired with: migizh vta



nimigidaan 1s - 0s ind; omigidaan 3s - 0s ind; migidang 3s - 0 conj; megidang 3s - 0 ch-conj; migidan 2s - 3 imp; Stem: /migid-/

omigidaan3s - 0s ind nj
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es
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migidang3s - 0 conj nj
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es
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megidang3s - 0 ch-conj nj
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es
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migidan2s - 3 imp nj
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es
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migidan /migid-/: /migi-/ stem of migi vai ; /-d/
act on it

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

with support and collaboration from the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies and University Libraries.

Word Family

migi vai s/he barks
(applicative) migidan vti bark at it (applicative) migizh vta bark at h/ (causative) migi' vta make h/ bark

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