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bakwajibidoon vti2 es
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pull it out or off of something; pick, pluck, snatch it

Paired with: bakwajibizh vta



imbakwajibidoon 1s - 0s ind; nimbakwajibidoon 1s - 0s ind; nibakwajibidoon 1s - 0s ind; obakwajibidoon 3s - 0s ind; bakwajibidood 3s - 0 conj; bekwajibidood 3s - 0 ch-conj; bakwajibidoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /bakwajibid-/

nibakwajibidoon1s - 0s ind es
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obakwajibidoon3s - 0s ind es
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bakwajibidood3s - 0 conj es
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bekwajibidood3s - 0 ch-conj es
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bakwajibidoon2s - 0 imp es
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ogii-bakwajibidoon3s - 0s ind pst es
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Ogii-pabaa-bakwajibidoonan iniw agwaakwa'iganan gaa-pabaa-agoodood zhebaa.

He went around and pulled down the signs he posted this morning.
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bakwajibidoon /bakwajibid-/: /bakwad-/
take off, remove
; /-bid/
pull it, use the hands on it

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

with support and collaboration from the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies and University Libraries.

Word Family

bakwajibidoon vti2 pull it out or off of something; pick, pluck, snatch it
(benefactive) bakwajibidamaw vta pull it off or out of something for h/; pick, pluck it for h/

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