giishk'aakwe

Definition: clear the forest, cut down the forest; do logging

giishk'aakwe
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>1sIND ngiishk'aakwe;
>3sCCONJ gaashk'aakwet; 1 clear the forest, cut down the forest; do logging. 2 fell trees, clear land of trees. Mii dash gii-maajitaad gii-giishkahaakwed gii-ozhitood gichi-nisawahigaan.
>Then she set about felling trees and made a big conical lodge. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: giishkahaakwe.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73102086035n
GKS Reference Number: 15675
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