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onaabemi vai rg
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s/he has or gets a husband



indoonaabem 1s ind; nindoonaabem 1s ind; onaabemi 3s ind; onaabemid 3s conj; wenaabemid 3s ch-conj; Stem: /onaabemi-/

indoonaabem1s ind es
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nindoonaabem1s ind rg
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onaabemi3s ind rg
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es
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onaabemid3s conj rg
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es
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wenaabemid3s ch-conj rg
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es
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Zhemaag miinawaa onaabemi.

She got a new man right away.
 nj
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Baapikaazo gii-wiindamawind gii-aanji-onaabeminid ogete-wiiwan

He pretended to laugh when someone told him his old wife had remarried.
 nj
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