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maadaawadoon vti2 lw
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start hauling it away

Paired with: maadaawazh vta



nimaadaawadoon 1s - 0s ind; omaadaawadoon 3s - 0s ind; maadaawadood 3s - 0 conj; mayaadaawadood 3s - 0 ch-conj; maadaawadoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /maadaawad-/

nimaadaawadoon1s - 0s ind es
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maadaawadood3s - 0 conj es
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mayaadaawadood3s - 0 ch-conj gh
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maadaawadoon2s - 0 imp lw
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maadaawadoon /maadaawad-/: /maad-/
start, move off
; /-aawaN/
haul h/

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

maadaawadoon vti2 start hauling it away
(detransitive) maadaawajige vai s/he starts to haul things away

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