bskigwaadaan

Definition: hem sth. up [to shorten it], shorten sth.

bskigwaadaan
>vti comm.
>1sIND nbiskgwaadaan;
>3sCCONJ beskgwaadang; 1 hem sth. up [to shorten it], shorten sth.. (of clothes, drapery) Zaami-gnwegat wi mjigoodenh; nga-bskigwaadaan aabdek.
>That dress is too long; I'll have to shorten it. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: bskigwaanaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: biskigwaadan.

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: n72983840165n
GKS Reference Number: 13636
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