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zaka'igan ni

something used to make a spark to set a fire: a lighter, a flint, a fire steel, a strike-a-light



zaka'igan sg; zaka'iganan pl; zaka'igaans dim; zaka'iganing loc; Stem: /zaka'igan-/

zaka'igan /zaka'igan-/: /zaka'-/ stem of zaka'an vti ; /-gan/
[nominalizer]

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Word Family

zaka'an vti light, ignite it, set it on fire
(detransitive) zaka'ige vai s/he lights something (benefactive) zaka'amaw vta set (it) on fire for h/; light (it) for h/ (verb of undergoing) zaka'igaade vii it is set on fire, lit (by someone), "they" set it on fire, light it (verb of undergoing) zaka'igaazo vai it (animate) is set on fire, lit (by someone), "they" set it (animate) on fire, light it (animate) (derived noun) zaka'igan ni something used to make a spark to set a fire: a lighter, a flint, a fire steel, a strike-a-light

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