bkwaakpii
Definition:
have a hard time, struggle
Body
bkwaakpii
>vai
>1sIND nbakwaakpii;
>3sCCONJ bekwaakpiit; 1 have a hard time, struggle. Aapji go nbakwaakpii; gaa go gnigenh nistat-ziin zhanda ezhbiigaadek.
>I'm really struggling; I don't understand what's written here at all. MC2005.cs. Hey, gaa na gmakwend-ziin gaa-piichi-bkwaakpiiying Bonnie gii-kwejmigying wii-nishnaabewsidoowing 'family'?
>Hey, did you not forget how hard a time we had when Bonnie asked us how translate into Ojibwe 'family'? MC2007.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bIkwaakpii.
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:
n72977651366n
GKS Reference Number:
12953