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gashkaabate vii nj
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it is is smoky



gashkaabate 0s ind; gashkaabateg 0s conj; geshkaabateg 0s ch-conj; Stem: /gashkaabate-/

gashkaabate0s ind nj
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gashkaabateg0s conj nj
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geshkaabateg0s ch-conj nj
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gii-kashkaabate0s ind pst nj
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Gabe-giizhik gashkaabate. Ganabaj ingoji zakide. 

It's been smoky all day. I think there's a forest fire somewhere.
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gashkaabate /gashkaabate-/: /gashk-/
enclosed, attached together 
; /-aabate/
it smokes, is in the smoke; there is smoke or vapor