bookwaa
Definition:
break sth. (an.) in two [with an instrument]
Body
bookwaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND nbookwaa;
>3sCCONJ e-bookwaat;
>2sIMP bookwaw; 1 break sth. (an.) in two [with an instrument]. (of sticklike objects) Waagwaakot gii-nakaazan gii-bookwaat niwin mtigoon.
>He used an axe to break that tree in two. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: book'aan
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: bookwa[h]w.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Verb
Animate transitive verb
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n72980781095n
GKS Reference Number:
13388