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anokiikaazo vai es
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s/he pretends to work



indanokiikaaz 1s ind; nindanokiikaaz 1s ind; nidanokiikaaz 1s ind; anokiikaazo 3s ind; anokiikaazod 3s conj; enokiikaazod 3s ch-conj; Stem: /anokiikaazo-/

indanokiikaaz1s ind es
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anokiikaazo3s ind es
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anokiikaazod3s conj es
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enokiikaazod3s ch-conj es
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Anokiikaazo awe getimishkid.

The lazy one is pretending to work.
 es
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anokiikaazo /anokiikaazo-/: /anokii-/ stem of anokii vai ; /-kaazo/
s/he pretends to be a kind of being or thing, pretends to do something

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Word Family

anokii vai s/he works
(verb of addiction) anokiishki vai s/he is always working, is a "workaholic" (verb of pretending) anokiikaazo vai s/he pretends to work (causative) anokii' vta make h/ work, put h/ to work, employ h/
(reciprocal) anokii'idiwag vai they make each other work, put each other to work (reflexive) anokii'idizo vai s/he makes h/ self work
(applicative) anokiitaw vta work for h/
(reflexive) anokiitaadizo vai s/he works for h/ self (reflexive) anokiitaazo vai s/he works for h/ self (detransitive) anokiitaage vai s/he works for people
(derived noun) anokiiwin ni work, a job
(verb of abundance) anokiiwinikaa vii there is (a lot of) work
(applicative) anokaadan vti work on or at it (applicative) anokaazh vta work on or at h/

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