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wawiingetoon vti2 es
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make it skilfully

Paired with: wawiinge' vta



niwawiingetoon 1s - 0s ind; owawiingetoon 3s - 0s ind; wawiingetood 3s - 0 conj; wewiingetood 3s - 0 ch-conj; wawiingetoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /wawiinget-/

niwawiingetoon1s - 0s ind es
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owawiingetoon3s - 0s ind es
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wewiingetood3s - 0 ch-conj es
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wawiingetoon 2s - 0 imp es
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wawiingetoon /wawiinget-/: /wawiinge-/
with skill, proper
; /-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

wawiingetoon vti2 make it skilfully
(detransitive) wawiingechige vai s/he does something skillfully, exactly; s/he makes things skilfully, exactly

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