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biiwiwebinan vti es
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scatter, disperse it

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imbiiwiwebinaan 1s - 0s ind; nimbiiwiwebinaan 1s - 0s ind; nibiiwiwebinaan 1s - 0s ind; obiiwiwebinaan 3s - 0s ind; biiwiwebinang 3s - 0 conj; baawiwebinang 3s - 0 ch-conj; biiwiwebinan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /biiwiwebin-/

nibiiwiwebinaan1s - 0s ind es
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obiiwiwebinaan3s - 0s ind es
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biiwiwebinang3s - 0 conj es
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baawiwebinang3s - 0 ch-conj es
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biiwiwebinan2s - 0 imp es
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Ingii-piiwiwebinaanan iniwen apikominaanan. Miish omaa gaa-pi-izhiinowaad igiweg bateshiwishag

I scattered the seeds. And this is where all those snowbirds come flocking around.
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biiwiwebinan /biiwiwebin-/: /biiw-/
scatter in pieces, disperse
; /-webin/
act on it forcefully by hand: fling, throw, shove with hand

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Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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