bshignamaakwii

Definition: have one's grip slip from something, lose one's grip

bshignamaakwii
>vai
>1sIND nbishgonmaakwii;
>3sCCONJ beshgonmaakwiit; 1 have one's grip slip from something, lose one's grip. Gii-bshignamaakwii dikning, mii'sh gii-mdagoojing.
>He lost his grip on the branch and so he fell. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bishigonamaakwii.

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: n72982177649n
GKS Reference Number: 13521
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