giishkkodaan

Definition: cut sth. [using a knife]

giishkkodaan
>vti LH
>1sIND ngiishkkodaan;
>3sCCONJ gaashkkodang; 1 cut sth. [using a knife]. Mookmaanens gii-giishkkodaan mtigoons.
>With his pocketknife he whittled through the stick. AM1937.rs. 2 slice sth. [using a knife]. Mii dash aabiignang gye go mii iw giikiishkkodang.
>Then she unwraps it and slices it. AM1937.rs.
>Partner: giishkkonaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: giishkikodan.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73023750383n
GKS Reference Number: 15732
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