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/-aaboozo/ final

 
s/he is carried on a moving medium (on the current, on snow)
 
h/ is carried by current, drifts
 
Type:
final
Subtypes:
vai
animaaboozo vai s/he drifts or floats away (in the other direction) on the current
azheyaaboozo vai s/he drifts, slides back on a moving medium (on the current, on snow)
babaamaaboozo vai s/he drifts about on the current
bimaaboozo vai s/he drifts along on the current
biidaaboode vii it drifts here on the current
biidaaboozo vai s/he drifts here on the current
gwanabaaboozo vai s/he capsizes in the current
inaaboozo vai
maadaaboozo vai s/he drifts off on the current
ondaaboozo vai s/he drifts, slides from a certain place on the current or other moving medium

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