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bibigwan ni es
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a flute

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Hear the Ojibwe flute played in this video on Ojibwe music with Baadwewidam (Eddie Benton-Benay: https://wisconsinfirstnations.org/tribal-histories-ojibwe-music/



bibigwan sg; bibigwanan pl; bibigwaans dim; bibigwaning loc; bibigwanish pej sg; Stem: /bibigwan-/

bibigwan sg gh
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es
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bibigwanan pl gh
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es
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bibigwaans dim gh
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es
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nibibigwan1s - 3s pos es
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obibigwan3s - 0s pos es
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bibigwan /bibigwan-/: /bibigwe-/ stem of bibigwe vai ; /-n/
[nominalizer]

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

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Word Family

bibigwe vai s/he plays the flute
(derived noun) bibigwan ni a flute

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