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niibini-bagidaabaan ni nj
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a summer setline: a fishing line with multiple hooks set across a stretch of water



niibini-bagidaabaan sg; niibini-bagidaabaanan pl; Stem: /niibini-bagidaabaan-/

niibini-bagidaabaan sg nj
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niibini-bagidaabaanan pl nj
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niibini-bagidaabaan /niibini-bagidaabaan-/: niibini- compounding form of /niibin-/ stem of niibin vii ; /bagidaabaan-/ stem of bagidaabaan ni ;

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Related Words

bagidaabaan ni a setline, a trotline: a fishing line with multiple hooks set across a stretch of water
bibooni-bagidaabaan ni a winter setline: a fishing line with multiple hooks set under the ice
niibini-bagidaabaan ni a summer setline: a fishing line with multiple hooks set across a stretch of water

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