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/-aky-/ medial

 
earth, land, moss
 
Appears with post-medial /-e/ as -akii- and with final /-e/ as -akii.
 
Type:
medial
Subtypes:
environmental
agoodakii vai s/he hangs up moss (to use for diapering babies)
aandakii vai s/he lives, moves somewhere else (in a different territory or country); s/he moves to the spirit world
dabasakii vii it stands low out of the ground
danakii vai s/he lives, dwells in a certain place
diba'akii vai s/he surveys land
gimoodakii vai s/he steals from a garden
giiwekii vai s/he returns to h/ country
ishpakii vii it stands high out of the ground, grows high
jiigewekii vii it grows along the shore
minisinakii vii it grows in a clump in the water
niminaawekii vii it grows out into the lake
ningwa'akii vai s/he buries something (in the ground); s/he spreads dirt on something
zaagakii vai it (animate; a plant) sprouts, comes up, grows out (of the ground)
zaagakii vii it (a plant) sprouts, comes up, grows out (of the ground)