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boonitoon vti2 rg
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leave it alone; quit it

Paired with: booni' vta



mboonitoon 1s - 0s ind; nimboonitoon 1s - 0s ind; niboonitoon 1s - 0s ind; oboonitoon 3s - 0s ind; boonitood 3s - 0 conj; bwaanitood 3s - 0 ch-conj; boonitoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /boonit-/

mboonitoon1s - 0s ind lw
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nimboonitoon1s - 0s ind rg
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oboonitoon3s - 0s ind rg
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lw
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boonitood3s - 0 conj rg
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lw
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bwaanitood3s - 0 ch-conj rg
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lw
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boonitoon2s - 0 imp rg
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Boonitoon iwe. Gego babaamendangen.

Leave it alone. Don't bother it.
 es
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Dabasaanakwadook oboonitoon ataagewin.

Dabasaanakwadook is quitting gambling.
 nj
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Boonitoon apane nebaajiikaman minikwewinish.

Why don't you quit that alcohol you 're abusing all the time?
 es
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Niwii-poonitoon minikweyaan ow zhingobaaboo.

I'm going to quit drinking beer.
 ls
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boonitoon /boonit-/: /boon-/
cease, quit
; /-t/
cause it to be or to act; make it
Reduplicated Form: baaboonitoon

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

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Word Family

boonitoon vti2 leave it alone; quit it
(detransitive) boonichige vai s/he quits doing things, leaves things alone (verb of undergoing) boonichigaade vii it is left alone (by someone), "they" leave it alone, quit it (verb of undergoing) boonichigaazo vai s/he is left alone (by someone), "they" leave h/ alone, quit h/

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