bookwaa

Definition: break sth. (an.) in two [with an instrument]

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
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