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baakinan vti es
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uncover it, open it up

Paired with: baakin vta



imbaakinaan 1s - 0s ind; nimbaakinaan 1s - 0s ind; nibaakinaan 1s - 0s ind; obaakinaan 3s - 0s ind; baakinang 3s - 0 conj; bayaakinang 3s - 0 ch-conj; baakinan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /baakin-/

imbaakinaan1s - 0s ind gh
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nibaakinaan1s - 0s ind es
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obaakinaan3s - 0s ind es
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gh
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baakinang3s - 0 conj gh
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es
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bayaakinang3s - 0 ch-conj gh
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baakinan2s - 0 imp gh
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es
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gaawiin obaakinanziin3s - 0s ind neg es
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Ogii-taadozhaan 'i mashkimod gaa-aapida'oodenig wii-paakinang.

He cut open the sack that was tied into in knots in order to open it.
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Daga baakinan dakaasinjigan onzaam gizhide omaa biindig jibwaa-giiwashkweyaakizod gookomisinaan.

Please turn on the air conditioner because it is hot here inside before grandma gets dizzy from the heat.
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baakinan /baakin-/: /baak-/
open up, uncover
; /-in/
act on it by hand
Reduplicated Form: baabaakinan

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Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

baakinan vti uncover it, open it up
(benefactive) baakinamaw vta uncover (it) for h/ (detransitive) baakinige vai s/he opens things up, uncovers things (verb of undergoing) baakinigaade vii it is opened, uncovered (by someone), "they" open, uncover it

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