bkwaabkaa

Definition: be a steep rock, be steep and rock; be a high rock (surface)

bkwaabkaa
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>3sCCONJ bekwaabkaak; 1 be a steep rock, be steep and rock; be a high rock (surface). Mii dash gaa-zhichged aw gaa-nsaad niw bnewan gii-zhaad maa gchi-bkwaabkaag gii-wi-namhaad.
>And what this one who killed the partridge did, he went up on a high rock and he prayed there. AK1976.rs. Imaa dash gegaa zaagidawaag aapiji igo imaa bikwaabikaa noongwa adaawewigamig atemagak.
>And nearby there at the mouth of the river there is a very steep rock where the trading store is now. GM1940.rn.
>Full-vowel form: bikwaabikaa.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n201132619-59-17n
GKS Reference Number: 23830
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