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miiwinan vti

push it away, reject it

Paired with: miiwin vta



nimiiwinaan 1s - 0s ind; omiiwinaan 3s - 0s ind; miiwinang 3s - 0 conj; maawinang 3s - 0 ch-conj; miiwinan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /miiwin-/

miiwinan /miiwin-/: /miiw-/
keep away from, reject, can't stand
; /-in/
act on it by hand

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Word Family

miiwinan vti push it away, reject it
(detransitive) miiwinige vai s/he pushes things away, rejects things (verb of undergoing) miiwinigaade vii it is pushed away, is rejected (by someone), "they" push it away, reject it

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