aapjishin

Definition: fall to one's death, be killed in a crash, be hurt seriously in a crash

aapjishin
>vai comm.
>1sIND ndaapjishin;
>3sCCONJ yaapjishing; 1 fall to one's death, be killed in a crash, be hurt seriously in a crash. Gii-bngishin maa jiigbiig, gegaa gaa-aapjishing.
>He fell close to the water's edge and almost got killed in his fall. AM1937.rs. Bezhik nini gii-aapjishin gii-bkeyaashit wa daabaan.
>One man died when the car went off the road. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: aapijishin.

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: n72973752907n
GKS Reference Number: 11291
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