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aabitoobazh vta

fill h/ half full (with liquid)

Paired with: aabitoobadoon vti2



indaabitoobanaa 1s - 3s ind; nindaabitoobanaa 1s - 3s ind; nidaabitoobanaa 1s - 3s ind; odaabitoobanaan 3s - 3' ind; aabitoobanaad 3s - 3' conj; ayaabitoobanaad 3s - 3' ch-conj; aabitoobazh 2s - 3 imp; Stem: /aabitoobaN-/

Aabitoobazh nindoodaabaan.

Fill up my car halfway.
 nj
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aabitoobazh /aabitoobaN-/: /aabitaw-/
half
; /-baN/
put liquid in h/ or it (animate)

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

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