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/-aagimose/ final

 
s/he snowshoes
 
Compare: aagimose vai s/he snowshoes. Verbs of travel on snowshoes are built on a stem aagime in Minnesota and are built on a stem aagimose in the Border Lakes region. Compare these to aagim the noun for a snowshoe.
 
Type:
final
Subtypes:
deverbal; vai
animaagimose vai [BL] s/he snowshoes away (in the other direction)
babaamaagimose vai [BL] s/he snowshoes about
bagamaagimose vai [BL] s/he arrives snowshoeing, gets somewhere snowshoeing
bimaagimose vai [BL] s/he snowshoes along or by, goes snowshoeing
biidaagimose vai [BL] s/he snowshoes here, comes snowshoeing
gakiiweyaagimose vai [BL] s/he snowshoes over a portage
gizhibaayaagimose vai she snowshoes around in a circle
inaagimose vai [BL] s/he snowshoes to a certain place, snowshoes in a certain way
ondaagimose vai [BL] s/he snowshoes from a certain place

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