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Definition: no (inanimate thing), there is no (indicating the absence of something)

gaawii gegoo
>pr-in 1 no (inanimate thing), there is no (indicating the absence of something). Geget sa naa! Gaawii gegoo wiiyaas naagshik.
>Oh no! No meat tonight. LW1988.cs. Gaawii gegoo coffee.
>There's no coffee. MC2011.cs.
>Grammar note: In construction with an inanimate noun.
>Full-vowel form: gaawii gegoo.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)

Part of speech: Pronoun Inanimate pronoun

Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).

Unique ID: n20114914-31-51n

GKS Reference Number: 24194

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