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dawaagonebidoon vti2 es
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push snow off it, plow snow off it



nindawaagonebidoon 1s - 0s ind; odawaagonebidoon 3s - 0s ind; dawaagonebidood 3s - 0 conj; dewaagonebidood 3s - 0 ch-conj; Stem: /dawaagonebid-/

nindawaagonebidoon1s - 0s ind es
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odawaagonebidoon3s - 0s ind es
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dawaagonebidood3s - 0 conj es
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dewaagonebidood3s - 0 ch-conj es
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ogii-tawaagonebidoon3s - 0s ind pst es
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dawaagonebidoon /dawaagonebid-/: /daw-/
space, gap, opening
; /-aagone-/
snow (substance)
; /-bid/
pull it, use the hands on it

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Word Family

dawaagonebidoon vti2 push snow off it, plow snow off it
(detransitive) dawaagonebijige vai s/he pushes snow off; s/he plows snow, blows snow (derived noun) dawaagonebijigan na a snow plow

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