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biminigaadan vti es
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carry it along on the shoulder

Paired with: biminigaazh vta



nibiminigaadaan 1s - 0s ind; obiminigaadaan 3s - 0s ind; biminigaadang 3s - 0 conj; beminigaadang 3s - 0 ch-conj; biminigaadan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /biminigaad-/

nibiminigaadaan1s - 0s ind es
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obiminigaadaan3s - 0s ind es
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biminigaadang3s - 0 conj es
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beminigaadang3s - 0 ch-conj es
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biminigaadan2s - 0 imp es
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ogii-piminigaadaan3s - 0s ind pst es
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Awegonen beminigaadaman.

What are your carrying on your shoulders?
 es
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biminigaadan /biminigaad-/: /biminige-/ stem of biminige vai ; /-d/
act on it

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

biminige vai s/he carries something along on the shoulder
(applicative) biminigaadan vti carry it along on the shoulder (applicative) biminigaazh vta carry h/ along on the shoulder

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