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biidaawadoon vti2 gj
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haul it here

Paired with: biidaawazh vta



nibiidaawadoon 1s - 0s ind; obiidaawadoon 3s - 0s ind; biidaawadood 3s - 0 conj; baadaawadood - 0 ch-conj; biidaawadoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /biidaawad-/

nibiidaawadoon1s - 0s ind gj
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obiidaawadoon3s - 0s ind gj
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biidaawadood3s - 0 conj gj
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baadaawadood - 0 ch-conj gj
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biidaawadoon2s - 0 imp gj
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ogii-piidaawadoon3s - 0s ind pst gj
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biidaawadoon /biidaawad-/: /biid-/
hither, here, this way
; /-aawaN/
haul h/

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

biidaawadoon vti2 haul it here
(detransitive) biidaawajige vai s/he hauls things here

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