bookshkaan

Definition: break sth. in two [with one's weight]; break sth. in two [by bumping or kicking it]

bookshkaan
>vti comm.
>1sIND nbookshkaan;
>3sCCONJ e-bookshkang; 1 break sth. in two [with one's weight]; break sth. in two [by bumping or kicking it]. (of sticklike objects) Gii-bookshkaan wi dikon, mii dash gii-mdagoojing.
>He broke the branch, so then he fell. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: bookshkawaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: bookoshkan.

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: n72980777882n
GKS Reference Number: 13384
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