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naabinootan vti es
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repeat it (something heard); mock it (something heard); record it (something heard)



ninaabinootaan 1s - 0s ind; onaabinootaan 3s - 0s ind; naabinootang 3s - 0 conj; naabinootang 3s - 0 conj; naabinootan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /naabinoot-/

ninaabinootaan1s - 0s ind es
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onaabinootaan3s - 0s ind es
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naabinootang3s - 0 conj es
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naabinootan2s - 0 imp es
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Ogii-chiikitaan i'iw nagamon gaa-onji-naabinootang.

He really like that song and that's why he taped it.
 es
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Ninaabinootaan owe dibaajimowin. Gaawiin niin nindoodaya'iimisiin.

I'm passing on this story. It's not my own.
 nj
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Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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