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bookobidoon vti2 rg
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break it in two (with hands)

Paired with: bookobizh vta



imbookobidoon 1s - 0s ind; nimbookobidoon 1s - 0s ind; nibookobidoon 1s - 0s ind; obookobidoon 3s - 0s ind; bookobidood 3s - 0 conj; bwaakobidood 3s - 0 ch-conj; bookobidoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /bookobid-/

nimbookobidoon1s - 0s ind rg
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obookobidoon3s - 0s ind lw
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bookobidood3s - 0 conj rg
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lw
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bwaakobidood3s - 0 ch-conj rg
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gh
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bookobidoon2s - 0 imp rg
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lw
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ogii-pookobidoon 3s - 0s ind pst rg
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lw
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Owi-bookobidoon ini mitigoonsan omaa ji-bi-wewese'wadwaa igi giingooyag

Go and break those branches and come fan the fish here.
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Ogii-pookobidoon i'iw ozhibii'iganaak.

He broke the pencil.
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bookobidoon /bookobid-/: /bookw-/
broken, broken in two (esp. of stick-like objects)
; /-bid/
pull it, use the hands on it
Reduplicated Form: baabookobidoon

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

bookobidoon vti2 break it in two (with hands)
(detransitive) bookobijige vai s/he breaks something in two (with hands)

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