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gigishkigan ni

(an item of) clothing; [plural] clothes



gigishkigan sg; gigishkiganan pl; gigishkiganens dim; Stem: /gigishkigan-/

Awi-maada'ookiin ini gigishkiganan gaa-piijigaadegin.

Go distribute those clothes they brought over.
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Zhooshkwa'igan aabaji' wii-shooshkwega'aman gigishkiganan.

Use an iron when you want to press clothes.
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Aandi ezhi-agooodooyan gigigishkiganan.

Where do you hang your clothes?
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Bigwadakamig gidaa-izhiwidoonan ogigishkiganan gaa-gii'-maajaad.

Take the deceased's clothes into the wilderness.
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gigishkigan /gigishkigan-/: /gigishk-/ stem of gigishkan vti ; /-gan/
[nominalizer]

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