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bishigobidoon vti2 es
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miss grabbing or catching it

Paired with: bishigobizh vta



nibishigobidoon 1s - 0s ind; obishigobidoon 3s - 0s ind; bishigobidood 3s - 0 conj; beshigobidood 3s - 0 ch-conj; bishigobidoon 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /bishigobid-/

nibishigobidoon1s - 0s ind es
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obishigobidoon3s - 0s ind es
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bishigobidood3s - 0 conj es
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beshigobidood3s - 0 ch-conj es
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bishigobidoon2s - 0 imp es
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Nagik igo obishigobidoon gaa-onji-niisiseg.

He happened to miss it so it went down
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bishigobidoon /bishigobid-/: /bishigw-/
miss
; /-bid/
pull it, use the hands on it

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

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