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anwiike vai

s/he makes bullets



indanwiike 1s ind; nindanwiike 1s ind; nidanwiike 1s ind; anwiike 3s ind; anwiiked 3s conj; enwiiked 3s ch-conj; Stem: /anwiike-/

anwiike /anwiike-/: /anwy-/ stem of anwi ni ; /-ke/
s/he makes, produces, gathers

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Word Family

anwi ni something shot as a missle, a bullet, a shot gun shell
(verb of making) anwiike vai s/he makes bullets (verb of possession) odanwiimi vai s/he has bullets, has (shotgun) shells

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