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biitoosijigan na gh
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a pie



biitoosijigan sg; biitoosijiganag pl; biitoosijigaans dim; biitoosijiganing loc; Stem: /biitoosijigan-/

biitoosijigan sg gh
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biitoosijiganag pl gh
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biitoosijigaans dim es
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biitoosijiganing loc es
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Niwii-ozhi'aa biitoosijigan.

I'm going to make a pie.
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biitoosijigan /biitoosijigan-/: /biitoosid-/ stem of biitoosidoon vti2 ; /-gan/
[nominalizer]

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

with support and collaboration from the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies and University Libraries.

Word Family

biitoosidoon vti2 put it in between as a layer
(derived noun) biitoosijigan na a pie

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