gaaskaapi

Definition: laugh under one's breath

gaaskaapi
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>1sIND ngaaskaap;
>3sCCONJ gyaaskaapit; 1 laugh under one's breath. Nnashkwewgook oodi nde-nji-gaaskaapwaat.
>They're distracting me, laughing under their breath over there. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: gaaskaapi.

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: n73017357833n
GKS Reference Number: 14888
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