baabsikaan

Definition: find sth. a tight fit, have sth. be tight on one

baabsikaan
>vti
>1sIND nbaabsikaan;
>3sCCONJ byaabsikang; 1 find sth. a tight fit, have sth. be tight on one. (of clothes) Nzaami-baabsikaan maanda; washme mechaak iidik aabdek ge-yaamaa.
>This is too tight on me; I guess I'll have to buy a bigger one. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: baabsikwaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: baabåsikan.

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: n72979760315n
GKS Reference Number: 11536
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