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animaagimose vai nj
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s/he snowshoes away (in the other direction)



indanimaagimose 1s ind; nindanimaagimose 1s ind; nidanimaagimose 1s ind; animaagimose 3s ind; animaagimosed 3s conj; enimaagimosed 3s ch-conj; Stem: /animaagimose-/

indanimaagimose1s ind gj
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animaagimose3s ind nj
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gj
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animaagimosed3s conj nj
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gj
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enimaagimosed3s ch-conj gj
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animaagimose /animaagimose-/: /anim-/
away in the other direction
; /-aagimose/
s/he snowshoes

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SNOWSHOEING: Verbs of travel on snowshoes are built on a stem aagime in Minnesota and are built on a stem aagimose in the Border Lakes region. Compare these to aagim the noun for a snowshoe. A few examples are given below:
aagime vai [S] s/he snowshoes
animaagime vai [S] s/he snowshoes away (in the other direction)
babaamaagime vai [S] s/he snowshoes about
bimaagime vai [S] s/he snowshoes along or by, goes snowshoeing
biidaagime vai [S] s/he snowshoes here, comes snowshoeing
inaagime vai [S] s/he snowshoes to a certain place, snowshoes in a certain way
ondaagime vai [S] s/he snowshoes from a certain place
aagimose vai [BL] s/he snowshoes
animaagimose vai [BL] s/he snowshoes away (in the other direction)
babaamaagimose vai [BL] s/he snowshoes about
bimaagimose vai [BL] s/he snowshoes along or by, goes snowshoeing
biidaagimose vai [BL] s/he snowshoes here, comes snowshoeing
inaagimose vai [BL] s/he snowshoes to a certain place, snowshoes in a certain way
ondaagimose vai [BL] s/he snowshoes from a certain place

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