bgaskse

Definition: slap against something, slap oneself onto something

bgaskse
>vai
>1sIND nbagskise;
>3sCCONJ begskiset; 1 slap against something, slap oneself onto something. Gii-noondmadik gii-bkinaagenit bangii zhoonyaa; mii go oodi gii-oo-bgaskset.
>He must have heard that he [another] won a bit of money; he goes and slaps himself onto him. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bagaskise.

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: n73024539073n
GKS Reference Number: 12187
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