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nanaapaadakizine vai es
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s/he has shoes on the wrong feet



ninanaapaadakizine 1s ind; nanaapaadakizine 3s ind; nanaapaadakizined 3s conj; nenaapaadakizined 3s ch-conj; Stem: /nanaapaadakizine-/

ninanaapaadakizine1s ind nj
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es
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nanaapaadakizine 3s ind nj
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es
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nanaapaadakizined3s conj nj
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es
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nenaapaadakizined3s ch-conj es
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Ningii-paapi'idiz gii-waabandamaan nanaapaadakizineyaan.

I laughed at myself when I noticed I had my shoes on the wrong feet.
 nj
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Reduplicated form of: napaadakizine vai
nanaapaadakizine /nanaapaadakizine-/: /nanaapaad-/
opposite, the wrong way
; /-akizin-/
shoe
; /-e/
[incorporating]

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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