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biinitoon vti2 es
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clean it

Paired with: biini' vta



imbiinitoon 1s - 0s ind; nimbiinitoon 1s - 0s ind; nibiinitoon 1s - 0s ind; obiinitoon 3s - 0s ind; biinitood 3s - 0 conj; baanitood 3s - 0 ch-conj; biinitoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /biinit-/

nimbiinitoon1s - 0s ind nj
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nibiinitoon1s - 0s ind es
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obiinitoon3s - 0s ind nj
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es
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biinitood3s - 0 conj nj
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es
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baanitood3s - 0 ch-conj es
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biinitoon2s - 0 imp nj
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es
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gego biinitooken2s - 0 imp prohib es
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biinitookan2s - 0 imp del es
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ogii-piinitoon3s - 0 ind pst nj
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Wiinad i'iw adoopowinaak. Mii na go ji-biinitooyamban?

That table is dirty. Can you clean it?
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Nitam ningii-piinitoomin indaabajichiganinaan, akikoog, miinawaa biskitenaaganan

First we cleaned our equipment, the kettles and baskets.
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Nimbiinitoon manoomin gaa'-agwaa'oodooyaan. Nimoozhaginaanan biiwanakoonsan.

I'm cleaning the rice I brought up. I pick out the broken stalk tips.
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biinitoon /biinit-/: /biin-/
clean
; /-t/
cause it to be or to act; make it
Reduplicated Form: baabiinitoon

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

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Word Family

biinitoon vti2 clean it
(verb of undergoing) biinichigaade vii it is cleaned (by someone), "they" clean it (verb of undergoing) biinichigaazo vai s/he is cleaned (by someone), "they" clean h/ (detransitive) biinichige vai s/he cleans things (benefactive) biinitamaw vta clean (it) for h/ (benefactive) biinitaw vta clean (it) for h/

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