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biskiiginan vti es
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fold it (as something sheet-like)

Paired with: biskiigin vta



imbiskiiginaan 1s - 0s ind; nimbiskiiginaan 1s - 0s ind; nibiskiiginaan 1s - 0s ind; obiskiiginaan 3s - 0s ind; biskiiginang 3s - 0 conj; beskiiginang 3s - 0 ch-conj; biskiiginan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /biskiigin-/

nibiskiiginaan1s - 0s ind es
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obiskiiginaan3s - 0s ind es
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biskiiginang3s - 0 conj es
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biskiiginan2s - 0 imp es
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biskiiginan /biskiigin-/: /bisk-/
folded, bent, flexed
; /-iig-/
sheet-like (two-dimensional flexible objects of material such as bark, hide/skin, cloth, and paper)
; /-in/
act on it by hand

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

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Word Family

biskiiginan vti fold it (as something sheet-like)
(detransitive) biskiiginige vai s/he folds things (as something sheet-like) (verb of undergoing) biskiiginigaade vii it is folded (by someone) [as something sheet-like]

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