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izhi'o vai

s/he dresses a certain way

indizhi' 1s ind; nindizhi' 1s ind; nidizhi' 1s ind; izhi'o 3s ind; izhi'od 3s conj; ezhi'od 3s ch-conj; Stem: /izhi'o-/

Audio for Basic Forms

indizhi'	1s ind	es Listen nj Listen
izhi'o	3s ind	nj Listen
izhi'od	3s conj	es Listen nj Listen
ezhi'od	3s ch-conj	es Listen nj Listen

Sentence Examples

Aaniin ezhi'od. How is s/he dressed?	nj Listen
Daabida izhi'owag. They are dressed alike.	nj Listen
Aabanaabam a'awe ba-debinaagozid, aaniin ezhi'od. Look back at the one who's coming, how she's dressed.	es Listen

Word Parts

izhi'o /izhi'o-/: /iN-/

thus, in a certain direction, in a certain manner

; /-'o/

make/cause self; wear

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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