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iskigamizigan ni lw
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a sugar bush, a sugar camp



iskigamizigan sg; iskigamiziganan pl; iskigamizigaans dim; iskigamiziganing loc; Stem: /iskigamizigan-/

iskigamizigan sg gh
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iskigamiziganan pl gh
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Giinetawind giga-'o-gabeshimin iwidi iskigamiziganing.

Just us will go camp at the sugar bush.
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Niwii-izhaamin iskigamiziganing.

We're going to the sugar bush.
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iskigamizigan /iskigamizigan-/: /iskigamiz-/ stem of iskigamizan vti ; /-gan/
[nominalizer]

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Word Family

iskigamizan vti boil it down
(detransitive) iskigamizige vai s/he boils things down (e.g., maple sap), is sugaring (verb of undergoing) iskigamizigaade vii it is boiled down (by someone), "they" boil it down (derived noun) iskigamizigan ni a sugar bush, a sugar camp

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