gaasin

Definition: be small

gaasin
>vii SI
>3sCCONJ gyaasing; 1 be small. Ogii-izhinikaadaanaawaan aniw minisan bezhig iw gichi-minis Gichi-animwaaning; bezhig idash nawanj agaasin: Animwaanensing izhinikaade.
>They named those islands, that one big island Big Dog Island (Fox Island); and one is smaller: Little Dog Island (Beaver Island) it is called. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: agaasin.

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: n201132922-53-18n
GKS Reference Number: 23936
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