gaakiishkaa

Definition: be rectangular, be oblong

gaakiishkaa
>vii SI
>3poss gyaakiishkaak; 1 be rectangular, be oblong. Anooj gaye izhinikaadewan waa-inaabajitoong bebiiwaagin gaye miinawaa memaachaagin: eshpakising akokobinaagan, gibadoonsag, asabaabiinsan biinahigaadeg- gibahigaade- miinawaa iw gayaakiishkaag akokobinaagan, mizinahiganan maajiibiiniganan.
>They have various names according to their uses, the little ones and the big ones: tall hampers, baskets for buttons and thread—this kind has a cover— and the oblong basket, and baskets for paper. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: gaakiishkaa.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n201132922-34-50n
GKS Reference Number: 23932
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