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wiinendan vti

consider it dirty

Paired with: wiinenim vta



niwiinendaan 21p - 0s ind; owiinendaan 3s - 0s ind; wiinendang 3s - 0 conj; waanendang 3s - 0 ch-conj; wiinendan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /wiinend-/

niwiinendaan21p - 0s ind rg
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owiinendaan3s - 0s ind rg
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wiinendang3s - 0 conj rg
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waanendang3s - 0 ch-conj rg
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Niwaanda-wiinendaan naa 'i naboob.

That soup seems real dirty to me.
 rg
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wiinendan /wiinend-/: /wiin-/
dirty
; /-end/
act by thought on it; perceive it by thought; feel in the mind

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