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minomaagochigan ni gh
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perfume



minomaagochigan sg; minomaagochiganan pl; minomaagochigaans dim; minomaagochiganing loc; Stem: /minomaagochigan-/

minomaagochigan sg gh
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minomaagochiganan pl es
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minomaagochigan /minomaagochigan-/: /minomaagot-/ stem of minomaagotoon vti2 ; /-gan/
[nominalizer]

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

minomaagotoon vti2 make it smell good, put perfume on it
(detransitive) minomaagochige vai s/he uses perfume (derived noun) minomaagochigan ni perfume

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