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bookwandan vti lw
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bite it in two

Paired with: bookwam vta



nibookwandaan 1s - 0s ind; mbookwandaan 1s - 0s ind; obookwandaan 3s - 0s ind; bookwandang 3s - 0 conj; bwaakwandang 3s - 0 ch-conj; bookwandan 2s - 0 imp; Stem: /ookwand-/

nibookwandaan1s - 0s ind es
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mbookwandaan1s - 0s ind lw
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obookwandaan3s - 0s ind es
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lw
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bookwandang3s - 0 conj es
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lw
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bwaakwandang 3s - 0 ch-conj lw
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bookwandan2s - 0 imp es
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lw
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ogii-pookwandaan3s - 0s ind pst es
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lw
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bookwandan /ookwand-/: /bookw-/
broken, broken in two (esp. of stick-like objects)
; /-and/
act on it by mouth

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

with support and collaboration from the University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies and University Libraries.

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