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bagijwebinan vti es
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release it quickly, throw it down quickly

Paired with: bagijwebin vta



imbagijwebinaan 1s - 0s ind; nimbagijwebinaan 1s - 0s ind; nibagijwebinaan 1s - 0s ind; obagijwebinaan 3s - 0s imp prohib; bagijwebinang 3s - 0 conj; begijwebinang 3s - 0 ch-conj; bagijwebinan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /bagijwebin-/

nibagijwebinaan1s - 0s ind es
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obagijwebinaan3s - 0s imp prohib es
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bagijwebinang3s - 0 conj es
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begijwebinang3s - 0 ch-conj es
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bagijwebinan2s - 0 imp es
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bagijwebinan /bagijwebin-/: /bagid-/
put down, allow, offer, release
; /-webin/
act on it forcefully by hand: fling, throw, shove by hand
Reduplicated Form: bapagijwebinan

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

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Word Family

bagijwebinan vti release it quickly, throw it down quickly
(detransitive) bagijwebinige vai she releases something quickly, throws something down quickly (verb of undergoing) bagijwebinigaade vii it is released quickly (by someone), thrown down quickly (by someone) (verb of undergoing) bagijwebinigaazo vai s/he is released quickly (by someone), is thrown down quickly (by someone)

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