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wiiji'iwe vai es
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s/he accompanies (people); s/he goes along with (people), goes with (people)



niwiiji'iwe 1s ind; wiiji'iwe 3s ind; wiiji'iwed 3s conj; waaji'iwed 3s ch-conj; Stem: /wiiji'iwe-/

niwiiji'iwe1s ind rg
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nj
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es
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wiiji'iwe3s ind rg
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nj
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es
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wiiji'iwed3s conj rg
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nj
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es
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waaji'iwed3s ch-conj rg
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es
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gii-wiiji'iwe3s ind pst es
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Gaye giin ina giwii-wiiji'iwe.

Do you want to go along too?
 es
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Gegaa ningii-wiiji'iwe gii-izhaang oodenaang.

I almost went along to town.
 rg
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Oodenaang izhaawan. Wiiji'iwe.

They're going to town and he's going along.
 rg
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Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

wiiji' vta
  1. help h/
  2. play with h/
(reciprocal) wiiji'idiwag vai [BL] [BR] [C] they help each other (detransitive) wiiji'iwe vai s/he accompanies (people); s/he goes along with (people), goes with (people) waawiiji' vta keep helping h/; help each of them
(reciprocal) waawiiji'idiwag vai they keep helping each other

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