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biinjiweba'ige vai

s/he shoves or knocks something in (using something); s/he plays pool; s/he shoots and scores [hockey]



nimbiinjiweba'ige 1s ind; biinjiweba'ige 3s ind; biinjiweba'iged 3s conj; biyiinjiweba'iged 3s ch-conj; Stem: /biinjiweba'ige-/

biinjiweba'ige /biinjiweba'ige-/: /biinjiweba'-/ stem of biinjiweba'an vti [BL] ; /-ge/
s/he acts (on an unspecified object)

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Word Family

biinjiweba'an vti [BL] shove or knock it in (using something); [hockey] shoot it (the puck) in the goal and score
(detransitive) biinjiweba'ige vai s/he shoves or knocks something in (using something); s/he plays pool; s/he shoots and scores [hockey]

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