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onjibatoo vai gj
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s/he runs from a certain place



indoonjibatoo 1s ind; nindoonjibatoo 1s ind; nidoonjibatoo 1s ind; onjibatoo 3s ind; onjibatood 3s conj; wenjibatood 3s ch-conj; onjibatoon 2s imp; Stem: /onjibatoo-/

indoonjibatoo1s ind es
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nindoonjibatoo1s ind gj
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onjibatoo3s ind es
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gj
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onjibatood3s conj es
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gj
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wenjibatood3s ch-conj es
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gj
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onjibatoon 2s imp gj
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Aandi dash wenjibatooyan.

Where are you running from?
 es
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Waasa bi-onjibatoo animoshish.

That ol' dog runs over here from far away.
 nj
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onjibatoo /onjibatoo-/: /ond-/
from a certain place, for a certain reason
; /-batoo/
s/he runs, moves fast

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John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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Word Family

onjibatoo vai s/he runs from a certain place
(applicative) onjibatwaadan vti run from a certain place with it (applicative) onjibatwaazh vta run from a certain place with h/

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