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giishkibidoon vti2 es
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tear it off

Paired with: giishkibizh vta



ingiishkibidoon 1s - 0s ind; ningiishkibidoon 1s - 0s ind; nigiishkibidoon 1s - 0s ind; ogiishkibidoon 3s - 0s ind; giishkibidood 3s - 0 conj; gaashkibidood 3s - 0 ch-conj; giishkibidoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /giishkibid-/

nigiishkibidoon1s - 0s ind es
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ogiishkibidoon3s - 0s ind es
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giishkibidood3s - 0 conj es
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gaashkibidood3s - 0 ch-conj es
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giishkibidoon 2s - 0 imp es
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ogii-kiishkibidoon3s - 0s ind pst es
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giishkibidoon /giishkibid-/: /giishk-/
cut off, severed, sheared off
; /-bid/
pull it, use the hands on it
Reduplicated Form: giishkiishkibidoon

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

giishkibidoon vti2 tear it off
(detransitive) giishkibijige vai s/he tears things off (verb of undergoing) giishkibijigaade vii it is torn off (by someone), "they" tear it off (verb of undergoing) giishkibijigaazo vai s/he is torn off (by someone), "they" tear h/ off

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