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ziiga'an vti nj
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pour or scoop it out (using something)



niziiga'aan 1s - 0s ind; oziiga'aan 3s - 0s ind; ziiga'ang 3s - 0 conj; ziiga'an 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /ziiga'-/

niziiga'aan1s - 0s ind nj
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oziiga'aan3s - 0s ind nj
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ziiga'ang3s - 0 conj nj
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ziiga'an2s - 0 imp nj
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ogii-siiga'aan3s - 0s ind pst nj
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Naboob niziiga'aan imaa boozikinaaganing wii-miijiyaan.

I'm putting the soup into a bowl to eat.
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Ogii-siiga'aan iwe zhiiwaagamizigan imaa biskitenaaganing. Mii imaa gii-abid 'a goon. Mii imaa gii-pigiwiziged nimaamaayiban,

She poured the syrup into a bark sap bucket. There's snow there. That's where my mother made the maple taffy.
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Niizhonaagaans oziiga'aan manoomin ojiibaakwaaning.

She scooped two cups of wild rice into her stew.
 nj
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ziiga'an /ziiga'-/: /ziig-/
pour, spill, flow out
; /-a'/
act on it using a tool or medium; sing it

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Word Family

ziiga'an vti pour or scoop it out (using something)
(detransitive) ziiga'ige vai s/he pours things out (using something), scoops or ladles it out; s/he casts sugar cones (verb of undergoing) ziiga'igaade vii it is poured out (by somone) (using something), "they" pour it out (using something) (derived noun) ziiga'igan ni a sugar cake, a sugar cone,
(verb of making) ziiga'iganike vai s/he makes a sugar cone
(benefactive) ziiga'amaw vta pour (it) for h/

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