aashtawgwaashkni

Definition: jump from one place to another, jump to another side

aashtawgwaashkni
>vai comm.
>1sIND ndaashtawgwaashkon;
>3sCCONJ yaashtawgwaashknit;
>1sIND ndaashtawgwaashkwan; 1 jump from one place to another, jump to another side. 2 change sides (among contending groups), take another's side. Gii-aashtawgwaashkni; Liberal-an meshkot wii-beshbiiwaan..
>She changed sides; she's going to vote for the Liberals instead. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: aashtawigwaashkoni.

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: n72973757214n
GKS Reference Number: 11311
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