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na'isidoon vti2 es
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put it in order, put it away; adjust it

Paired with: na'ishim vta



nina'isidoon 1s - 0s ind; ona'isidoon 3s - 0s ind; na'isidood 3s - 0 conj; ne'isidood 3s - 0 ch-conj; na'isidoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /na'isid-/

nina'isidoon1s - 0s ind nj
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ona'isidoon3s - 0s ind nj
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na'isidood3s - 0 conj nj
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ne'isidood3s - 0 ch-conj nj
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na'isidoon2s - 0 imp nj
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Indaga na'isidoon ginibaaganim.

Please straighten up your bed.
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Niwii-na'isidoon i'iw nibaagan.

I'm going to make the bed.
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na'isidoon /na'isid-/: /na'-/
correct, adjust, put away
; /-sid/
cause it to fall or lie (drop, lay, set, put), impact it (hit, hit against, hit with something)

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

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Word Family

na'isidoon vti2 put it in order, put it away; adjust it
(detransitive) na'isijige vai s/he puts things in order

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