aatwaajiise

Definition: fall landing face up

aatwaajiise
>vai
>1sIND ndaatwaajiise;
>3sCCONJ yaatwaajiiset; 1 fall landing face up. Zhe-dkokiiba, gii-bjigeshing -- gii-bmi-aatwaajiiset.
>She had been stepping backwards, when she tripped -- then she fell landing face up. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: aatawaajiise.

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: n72974050844n
GKS Reference Number: 11375
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