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okosidoon vti2 es
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pile, stack it

Paired with: okoshim vta



indookosidoon 1s - 0s ind; nindookosidoon 1s - 0s ind; nidookosidoon 1s - 0s ind; odookosidoon 3s - 0s ind; okosidood 3s - 0 conj; wekosidood 3s - 0 ch-conj; okosidoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /okosid-/

indookosidoon1s - 0s ind es
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odookosidoon3s - 0s ind es
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okosidood3s - 0 conj es
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okosidoon /okosid-/: /okw-/
pile, group
; /-sid/
cause it to fall or lie (drop, lay, set, put), impact it (hit, hit against, hit with something)

Created and maintained by the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies, University Libraries,
and editor John D. Nichols.

Word Family

okosidoon vti2 pile, stack it
(detransitive) okosijige vai s/he piles, stacks things (benefactive) okosidaw vta pile, stack (it) for h/ (benefactive) okosidamaw vta pile, stack (it) for h/ (verb of undergoing) okosijigaade vii it is piled, stacked (by someone); "they" pile, stack it (verb of undergoing) okosijigaazo vai s/he is piled, stacked (by someone); "they" pile, stack (it) for h/ (derived noun) okosijigan ni a haystack

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