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nishiwanaajitoon vti2 es
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[RL]

spoil, ruin, destroy it

Paired with: nishiwanaaji' vta [RL] See also: nishwanaajitoon vti2



ninishiwanaajitoon 1s - 0s ind; onishiwanaajitoon 3s - 0s ind; nishiwanaajitood 3s - 0 conj; neshiwanaajitood 3s - 0 ch-conj; nishiwanaajitoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /nishiwanaajit-/

ninishiwanaajitoon1s - 0s ind es
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nishiwanaajitood3s - 0 conj es
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neshiwanaajitood3s - 0 ch-conj es
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nishiwanaajitoon2s - 0 imp es
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Anishaa ogii-nishiwanaajitoon iwe nabob gaa-ishkosenig.

He wasted that soup that was left over.
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nishiwanaajitoon /nishiwanaajit-/: /nishiwanaad-/
disturbed, disarranged, abnormal
; /-t/
cause it to be or to act

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

nishiwanaajitoon vti2 [RL] spoil, ruin, destroy it
(detransitive) nishiwanaajichige vai [RL] s/he wastes, spoils, destroys things

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