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niiminan vti

hold it out

Paired with: niimin vta



niniiminaan 1s - 0s ind; oniiminaan 3s - 0s ind; niiminang 3s - 0 conj; naaminang 3s - 0 ch-conj; niiminan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /niimin-/

niniiminaan1s - 0s ind es
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oniiminaan3s - 0s ind es
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niiminang3s - 0 conj es
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es
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naaminang3s - 0 ch-conj es
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Niiminan iwe bimojiganaatig dekonaman.

Hold out that coup stick that you've got in your hand.
 es
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niiminan /niimin-/: /niim-/
hold up in hand, take along
; /-in/
act on it by hand

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

niiminan vti hold it out
(benefactive) niiminamaw vta hold (it) out to or for h/, hand (it) over to h/

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