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aaboodinan vti gh
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turn it inside out (using something)

Paired with: aaboodin vta



indaaboodinaan 1s - 0s ind; nindaaboodinaan 1s - 0s ind; nidaaboodinaan 1s - 0s ind; odaaboodinaan 3s - 0s ind; aaboodinang 3s - 0 conj; ayaaboodinang 3s - 0 ch-conj; aaboodinan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /aaboodin-/

indaaboodinaan1s - 0s ind gh
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odaaboodinaan3s - 0s ind gh
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aaboodinang3s - 0 conj gh
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ayaaboodinang3s - 0 ch-conj gh
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aaboodinan2s - 0 imp gh
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aaboodinan /aaboodin-/: /aabood-/
inside out, flipped
; /-in/
act on it by hand
Reduplicated Form: aayaaboodin

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Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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