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biigosidoon vti2 es
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break it (by dropping); smash it

Paired with: biigoshim vta



imbiigosidoon 1s - 0s ind; nimbiigosidoon 1s - 0s ind; nibiigosidoon 1s - 0s ind; obiigosidoon 3s - 0s ind; biigosidood 3s - 0 conj; baagosidood 3s - 0 ch-conj; biigosidoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /biigosid-/

nibiigosidoon1s - 0s ind es
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obiigosidoon3s - 0s ind es
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biigosidood3s - 0 conj es
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baagosidood3s - 0 ch-conj es
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biigosidoon2s - 0 imp es
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gego biigosidooken2s - 0 imp prohib es
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biigosidoon /biigosid-/: /biigw-/
broken, damaged, torn in pieces
; /-sid/
cause it to fall or lie (drop, lay, set, put), impact it (hit, hit against, hit with something)

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

biigosidoon vti2 break it (by dropping); smash it
(detransitive) biigosijige vai s/he breaks things (by dropping)

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