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nabweginan vti es
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fold it (sheet-like) over, refold it (sheet-like)

Paired with: nabwegin vta



ninabweginaan 1s - 0s ind; onabweginaan 3s - 0s ind; nabweginang 3s - 0 conj; nebweginang 3s - 0 ch-conj; nabweginan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /nabwegin-/

ninabweginaan1s - 0s ind es
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onabweginaan3s - 0s ind es
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nabweginang3s - 0 conj es
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nebweginang3s - 0 ch-conj es
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nabweginan2s - 0 imp es
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nabweginan /nabwegin-/: /nabw-/
fold up, double back
; /-eg-/
sheet-like (two-dimensional flexible objects of material such as bark, hide/skin, cloth, and paper)
; /-in/
act on it by hand
Reduplicated Form: nanabweginan

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

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