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aabitooshkinatoon vti2 [RL] fill it half full (with solids)

Paired with: aabitooshkina' vta See also: aabitooshkinadoon vti2 [S]

aabitooshkine vai s/he is half full (of solids); s/he fills something half full

Paired with: aabitooshkine vii

aabitooshkine vii it is half full (of solids)

Paired with: aabitooshkine vai

aabiziingwashi vai s/he is wide awake

aabiziishin vai s/he comes back to life; s/he revives

aabiigin vta unfold h/; unwrap h/

Paired with: aabiiginan vti

aabiiginan vti unfold it; unwrap it

Paired with: aabiigin vta

aabiiginige vai s/he unfolds (things); s/he unwraps (things)

aabiindaganaam vta pummel, bash h/

aabiinji' vta overwhelm h/ in a contest or fight, beat h/ up bad

Paired with: aabiinjitoon vti2

(reciprocal) aabiinji'idiwag vai they beat each other up bad in a fight
aabiinji'idiwag vai they beat each other up bad in a fight

aabiinjitoon vti2 abuse, damage, injure it; overdo an action on it

Paired with: aabiinji' vta

aabiinzom vta quarrel with h/; denigrate, verbally abuse h/

(detransitive) aabiinzonge vai s/he denigrates, verbally abuses someone
aabiinzonge vai s/he denigrates, verbally abuses someone

aabooda' vta turn h/ inside out (using something)

Paired with: aabooda'an vti

aabooda'an vti turn it inside out (using something)

Paired with: aabooda' vta

aabooda'inagizhii vai s/he turns intestine inside out to make sausage casing

aaboodazhigane vai s/he has h/ sock or socks on inside out

aaboodin vta turn h/ inside out

Paired with: aaboodinan vti

aaboodinan vti turn it inside out (using something)

Paired with: aaboodin vta

aaboojibidoon vti2 turn it inside out (with hands)

Paired with: aaboojibizh vta

aaboojibizh vta turn h/ inside out (with hands)

Paired with: aaboojibidoon vti2

aaboojigwaadan vti sew it inside out

Paired with: aaboojigwaazh vta

aaboojigwaade vii it is sewn inside out

Paired with: aaboojigwaazo vai

aaboojigwaazh vta sew h/ inside out

Created and maintained by the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies, University Libraries,
and editor John D. Nichols.

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