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badakisin vii es
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it sticks into something, sticks out of something

Paired with: badakishin vai



badakisin 0s ind; badakising 0s conj; bedakising 0s - 0s ch-conj; Stem: /badakisin-/

badakisin0s ind es
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badakising0s conj es
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bedakising0s - 0s ch-conj es
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gii-padakisin0s ind pst es
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badakisin /badakisin-/: /badak-/
prick, pierce
; /-sin/
it falls, lies, has contact, impacts

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is developed and maintained by:
Nora Livesay, Editor
John D. Nichols, Founder and Linguistic Editor

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