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babaamibatoo vai es
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s/he runs about, runs around



imbabaamibatoo 1s ind; nimbabaamibatoo 1s ind; nibabaamibatoo 1s ind; babaamibatoo 3s ind; babaamibatood 3s conj; bebaamibatood 3s ch-conj; babaamibatoon 2s imp; Stem: /babaamibatoo-/

nimbabaamibatoo1s ind es
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babaamibatoo3s ind es
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gj
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babaamibatood3s conj es
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gj
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bebaamibatood3s ch-conj es
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gj
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babaamibatoon2s imp es
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gj
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gii-pabaamibatoo3s ind pst es
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gj
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Babaamibatooyaan niwiisagendaanan nikaadan.

When I was running my legs were hurting me.
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babaamibatoo /babaamibatoo-/: /babaam-/
around, about
; /-batoo/
s/he runs, moves fast

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

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Word Family

babaamibatoo vai s/he runs about, runs around
(applicative) babaamibatwaadan vti run about, run around with it (applicative) babaamibatwaazh vta run about, run around with h/

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