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aabiiginan vti gh
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unfold it; unwrap it

Paired with: aabiigin vta



nindaabiiginaan 1s - 0s ind; ndaabiiginaan 1s - 0s ind; niyaabiiginaan 1s - 0s ind; odaabiiginaan 3s - 0s ind; aabiiginang 3s - 0 conj; ayaabiiginang 3s - 0s ch-conj; aabiiginan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /aabiigin-/

nindaabiiginaan1s - 0s ind nj
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ndaabiiginaan1s - 0s ind lw
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niyaabiiginaan1s - 0s ind es
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odaabiiginaan3s - 0s ind nj
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lw
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es
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aabiiginang3s - 0 conj nj
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lw
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es
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ayaabiiginang3s - 0s ch-conj gh
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aabiiginan2s - 0 imp nj
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es
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lw
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aabiiginan /aabiigin-/: /aab-/
undo
; /-iig-/
sheet-like (two-dimensional flexible objects of material such as bark, hide/skin, cloth, and paper)
; /-in/
act on it by hand

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

with support and collaboration from the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies and University Libraries.

Word Family

aabiiginan vti unfold it; unwrap it
(detransitive) aabiiginige vai s/he unwraps (things); s/he unfolds (things)

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