dkoonaan

Definition: shorten sth., make sth. short

dkoonaan
>vti comm.
>1sIND ndakoonaan;
>3sCCONJ dekoonang; 1 shorten sth., make sth. short. 2 hold sth. short. 3 deal a short hand. Nga-dkoonaan; gnamaa gsha go gdaa-de-dimneyin.
>I'll deal a short hand; I just might overtake you. MC2005.cs. 4 choke up on [a baseball bat].
>Partner: dkoonaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: dakoonan.

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: n73013753933n
GKS Reference Number: 14421
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