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biidaaboono vai gj
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s/he comes carried on the rapids or another moving medium (snow, sand, etc.)



biidaaboono 3s ind; biidaaboonod 3s conj; biidaaboonoyaan 1s conj; baadaaboonod 3s ch-conj; biidaaboonon 2s imp; Stem: /biidaaboono-/

biidaaboono3s ind gj
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biidaaboonod3s conj gj
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biidaaboonoyaan1s conj gj
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baadaaboonod3s ch-conj gj
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biidaaboonon2s imp gj
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biidaaboono /biidaaboono-/: /biid-/
hither, here, this way
; /-aaboono/
s/he goes, slides on a moving medium (on water, snow, ice, sand, etc.)

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