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giishka'aakwe vai es
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s/he is logging, cuts timber



ingiishka'aakwe 1s ind; ningiishka'aakwe 1s ind; nigiishka'aakwe 1s ind; giishka'aakwe 3s ind; giishka'aakwed 3s conj; gaashka'aakwed 3s part; Stem: /giishka'aakwe-/

nigiishka'aakwe1s ind es
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giishka'aakwe3s ind es
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giishka'aakwed3s conj es
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gaashka'aakwed3s part es
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gii-kiishka'aakwe3s ind pst es
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Gii-mitanokiiwag gii-kiishka'aakwewaad.

They were laboriously working at lumberjacking.
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Gabe-biboon noopimiing ningiishka'aakwe.

I've been cutting pulp in the bush all winter long.
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Niibowa ingii-mamaanaanig igiweg okikaandagoog imaa gii-kiishka'aakweyaang biboonong.

When we were cutting wood last winter, we took a lot of jack pine out of that grove.
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giishka'aakwe /giishka'aakwe-/: /giishka'-/ stem of giishka'an vti ; /-aakw-/
stick-like, wooden, organic solid
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