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giimaabi vai es
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s/he spies, peeks, peeps



ingiimaab 1s ind; ningiimaab 1s ind; nigiimaab 1s ind; giimaabi 3s ind; giimaabid 3s conj; gaamaabid 3s ch-conj; Stem: /giimaabi-/

nigiimaab1s ind es
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giimaabi3s ind es
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giimaabid3s conj es
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gaamaabid3s ch-conj es
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gii-kiimaabi3s pst es
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giimaabi /giimaabi-/: /giim-/
secretly
; /-aabi/
s/he looks, has such vision, has an eye is such a state or condition 
Reduplicated Form: gaagiimaabi

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Word Family

giimaabi vai s/he spies, peeks, peeps
(verb of addiction) giimaabishki vai s/he is a peeping tom

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