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giishkiboojigan ni es
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a cross-cut saw



giishkiboojigan sg; giishkiboojiganan pl; giishkiboojigaans dim; giishkiboojiganing loc; Stem: /giishkiboojigan-/

giishkiboojigan sg es
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giishkiboojiganan pl es
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giishkiboojigaans dim es
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giishkiboojiganing loc es
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nigiishkiboojigan1s - 0s pos es
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ogiishkiboojigan3s - 0s pos es
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Giga-meshkwadoonamoon a'awe nindagikoonsim, a'awe dash gigiishkiboojigan.

I'll trade you my outboard motor for your power saw.
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Maamaagojiibidoon gigiishkiboojigan ji-maajiibideg.

Prime your saw so it will start.
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giishkiboojigan /giishkiboojigan-/: /giishkibood-/ stem of giishkiboodoon vti2 ; /-gan/
[nominalizer]

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

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Word Family

giishkiboodoon vti2 saw it off
giishkiboodaw vta saw (it) off for h/ (detransitive) giishkiboojige vai s/he saws things off (derived noun) giishkiboojigan ni a cross-cut saw

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