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aaboojiiginan vti es
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turn it inside out (sheet-like)

Paired with: aaboojiigin vta



indaaboojiiginaan 1s - 0s ind; niyaaboojiiginaan 1s - 0s ind; odaaboojiiginaan 3s - 0s ind; aaboojiiginang 3s - 0 conj; aaboojiiginan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /aaboojiigin-/

niyaaboojiiginaan1s - 0s ind es
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odaaboojiiginaan3s - 0s ind es
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aaboojiiginang3s - 0 conj es
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aaboojiiginan2s - 0 imp es
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Aaboojiiginan iwe apishkweshimoniigin.

Turn that pillowcase inside out.
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aaboojiiginan /aaboojiigin-/: /aabood-/
inside out, flipped
; /-iig-/
sheet-like (two-dimensional flexible objects of material such as bark, hide/skin, cloth, and paper)
; /-in/
act on it by hand

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

aaboojiiginan vti turn it inside out (sheet-like)
(detransitive) aaboojiiginige vai s/he turns things (something sheet-like) inside out (verb of undergoing) aaboojiiginigaade vii it (something sheet-like) is turned inside out (by someone) (verb of undergoing) aaboojiiginigaazo vai s/he (something sheet-like) is turned inside out (by someone)

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