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jekibiisidoon vti2 nj
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ninjekibiisidoon 0s ind; ojekibiisidoon 3s - 0s ind; jekibiisidood 3s - 0 conj; jekibiisidoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /jekibiisid-/

ninjekibiisidoon0s ind nj
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ojekibiisidoon3s - 0s ind nj
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jekibiisidood3s - 0 conj nj
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jekibiisidoon2s - 0 imp nj
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ogii-chekibiisidoon3s - 0s ind pst nj
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Jekibiisidoon jiimaan jibwaa-boozitaasoyan.

Push the canoe part way into the water before you load it up.
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jekibiisidoon /jekibiisid-/: /jek-/
move partway into, lodge into
; /-bii-/
liquid, water, slush
; /-sid/
cause it to fall or lie (drop, lay, set, put), impact it (hit, hit against, hit with something)

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

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