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babaamibatwaadan vti es
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run about, run around with it



nibabaamibatwaadaan 1s - 0s ind; obabaamibatwaadaan 3s - 0s ind; babaamibatwaadang 3s - 0 conj; bebaamibatwaadang 3s - 0 ch-conj; babaamibatwaadan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /babaamibatwaad-/

nibabaamibatwaadaan1s - 0s ind es
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obabaamibatwaadaan3s - 0s ind es
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babaamibatwaadang3s - 0 conj es
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bebaamibatwaadang3s - 0 ch-conj es
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babaamibatwaadan2s - 0 imp es
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babaamibatwaadan /babaamibatwaad-/: /babaamibatoo-/ stem of babaamibatoo vai ; /-aad/
act on it

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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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