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bakekazh vta

bypass h/



imbakekanaa 1s - 3s ind; nimbakekanaa 1s - 3s ind; nibakekanaa 1s - 3s ind; obakekanaan 3s - 3' ind; bakekanaad 3s - 3' conj; bekekanaad 3s - 3' ch-conj; bakekazh 2s - 3 imp; Stem: /bakekaN-/

bakekazh /bakekaN-/: /bake-/
off to the side, diverge
; /-kaN/
move from

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

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Word Family

(detransitive) bakekazh vta bypass h/
(detransitive) bakekazhiwe vai s/he bypasses people

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