biigshkaan

Definition: break sth. [with one's weight]

biigshkaan
>vti comm.
>1sIND nbiigshkaan;
>3sCCONJ baagshkang; 1 break sth. [with one's weight]. Gego dkokaad-ge wi; ga-biigshkaan.
>Don't step on that; you'll break it. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: biigshkawaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: biigoshkan.

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: n72977244677n
GKS Reference Number: 12404
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