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boodawaadan vti gh
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build a fire in it; fire it up [as stove]

Paired with: boodawaazh vta



nimboodawaadaan 1s - 0s ind; imboodawaadaan 1s ind; oboodawaadaan 3s - 0s ind; boodawaadang 3s - 0 conj; bwaadawaadang 3s - 0 ch-conj; boodawaadan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /boodawaad-/

nimboodawaadaan1s - 0s ind es
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imboodawaadaan1s ind gh
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oboodawaadaan3s - 0s ind gh
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es
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boodawaadang3s - 0 conj gh
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es
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bwaadawaadang3s - 0 ch-conj gh
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boodawaadan2s - 0 imp gh
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es
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ogii-poodawaadaan3s - 0s ind pst gh
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es
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boodawaadan /boodawaad-/: /boodawe-/ stem of boodawe vai ; /-d/
act on it

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

boodawe vai s/he builds a fire
(applicative) boodawaadan vti build a fire in it; fire it up [as stove] (applicative) boodawaazh vta build a fire at h/

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