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ziiginan vti es
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pour, spill it out



ninziiginaan 1s - 0s ind; niziiginaan 1s - 0s ind; oziiginaan 3s - 0s ind; ziiginang 3s - 0 conj; zaaginang 3s - 0 ch-conj; ziiginan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /ziigin-/

niziiginaan1s - 0s ind nj
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es
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oziiginaan3s - 0s ind nj
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es
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ziiginang3s - 0 conj
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zaaginang3s - 0 ch-conj es
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ziiginan 2s - 0 imp es
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nj
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Geyaabi daga ziiginan.

Please pour some more.
 rg
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Niziiginaan i'i nibi imaa omoodaying.

I'm pouring the water into a bottle.
 rg
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Oziiginaan imaa gichi-onaaganing. Mii imaa gaa-tazhi-nase'ang i'iwe gii-ozhitood ziinzibaakwad.

She pours it (maple syrup]) into a big dish. That's where she granulated it to make sugar.
 rg
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Ningizan ashkikomaan. Wiimbikozh nabagisag. Mii 'imaa izhi-ziiginan gaa-gii'-ningizaman ashkikomaan.

Melt lead. Carve a hollow in a board. Pour the lead you've melted in there (to make buckshot).
 nj
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ziiginan /ziigin-/: /ziig-/
pour, spill, flow out
; /-in/
act on it by hand
Reduplicated Form: zaaziiginan

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Word Family

ziiginan vti pour, spill it out
(benefactive) ziiginamaw vta pour (it) for h/ (detransitive) ziiginige vai s/he pours, spills things (verb of undergoing) ziiginigaade vii it is poured out (by someone), "they" pour it out (verb of undergoing) ziiginigaazo vai it (animate) is poured out (by someone), "they" pour it (animate) out

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