bookshkaa
Definition:
be broke [have no money]
Body
bookshkaa
>vai
>1sIND nbookshkaa;
>3sCCONJ e-bookshkaat; 1 be broke [have no money]. Esnaa iidig pii ge-zhoon'yaansmiyin. Megwaa swii go gbookshkaa.
>My, you will have a lot of money later. But right now you're broke. MO1991.rs. E-bookshkaangi gii-zhayaakaaza, dbishkoo go naa gaawii lottery daa-gii-bkinaage-sii(n)
>He acted like he was bad off (broke), as if he hadn't just won the lottery. MC2007.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bookoshkaa.
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:
n72980777622n
GKS Reference Number:
13382