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bishagibidoon vti2 es
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peel it (with hands)

Paired with: bishagibizh vta



imbishagibidoon 1s - 0s ind; nimbishagibidoon 1s - 0s ind; nibishagibidoon 1s - 0s ind; obishagibidoon 3s - 0s ind; bishagibidood 3s - 0 conj; beshagibidood 3s - 0 ch-conj; bishagibidoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /bishagibid-/

nibishagibidoon1s - 0s ind es
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obishagibidoon3s - 0s ind es
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bishagibidood3s - 0 conj es
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beshagibidood3s - 0 ch-conj es
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bishagibidoon2s - 0 imp es
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ogii-bishagibidoon3s - 0s pst es
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bishagibidoon /bishagibid-/: /bishag-/
peel
; /-bid/
pull it, use the hands on it

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

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Word Family

bishagibidoon vti2 peel it (with hands)
(detransitive) bishagibijige vai s/he peels things (with hands)

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