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ozhibii'an vti nj
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write it; write it down, jot it down; sign it

Paired with: ozhibii' vta



indoozhibii'aan 1s - 0s ind; nindoozhibii'aan 1s - 0s ind; nidoozhibii'aan 1s - 0s ind; odoozhibii'aan 3s - 0s ind; ozhibii'ang 3s - 0 conj; wezhibii'ang 3s - 0 ch-conj; Stem: /ozhibii'-/

indoozhibii'aan1s - 0s ind es
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nindoozhibii'aan1s - 0s ind nj
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odoozhibii'aan3s - 0s ind es
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ozhibii'ang3s - 0 conj es
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nj
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wezhibii'ang3s - 0 ch-conj es
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ozhibii'an2s - 0 imp es
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ogii'-ozhibii'aan3s - 0s ind pst nj
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Indaga go maajinizha'an iwe maajiibii'igan gaa-ozhibii'amaan bijiinaago.

Go send off that letter I wrote yesterday.
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Ogii'-ozhibii'aanan minik gegoo waa'-andawadaawed.

She wrote down her shopping list. (She wrote down the things she is going to looking for to buy.)
 nj
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Gidaa-andweginaan gete-ikidowin gaa-gii'-ozhibii'amang bijiinaago.

Look for that old word (in your notebook) we wrote down yesterday.
 nj
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ozhibii'an /ozhibii'-/: /oN-/
arrange, form
; /-bii'/
act on it by writing, drawing

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

ozhibii'an vti write it; write it down, jot it down; sign it
(detransitive) ozhibii'ige vai s/he writes (things); s/he writes (things) down
(benefactive) ozhibii'igetamaw vai s/he writes something for h/
(benefactive) ozhibii'amaw vta write (it) for or to h/; write (it) down for /h
(reciprocal) ozhibii'amaadiwag vai they write (it) to each other
(verb of undergoing) ozhibii'igaade vii it is written (by someone), "they" write it; it is written down (by someone), "they" write it down (verb of undergoing) ozhibii'igaazo vai s/he is written down (as on a list) (by someone), "they write h/ down (derived noun) ozhibii'igan ni something written: a piece of writing (a paper, essay, report, etc.); mail; something used for writing

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