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animinige vai es
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s/he goes away carrying something on the shoulder



animinige 3s ind; animiniged 3s conj; eniminiged 3s ch-conj; Stem: /animinige-/

animinige3s ind es
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animiniged3s conj es
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eniminiged3s ch-conj es
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animinige /animinige-/: /anim-/
away in the other direction
; /-nige/
s/he carries on shoulder

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

animinige vai s/he goes away carrying something on the shoulder
(applicative) animinigaadan vti carry it away on the shoulder (applicative) animinigaazh vta carry h/ away on the shoulder

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