gbaakwaa
Definition:
lock smb. up, jail smb., imprison smb.
Body
gbaakwaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ngibaakwaa;
>3sCCONJ gebaakwaat;
>2sIMP gbaakiw; 1 lock smb. up, jail smb., imprison smb.. Giishpin waabmipan ndaa-gii-gbaakhog.
>If he had seen me he would have jailed me. AM1937.rs. Gii-gbaakwaawaan giw nishnaabeg wedi giiwnaadzid, gii-zhitoonaawaa mtig-wiigwaamens, miinwaa mshkwegnoon gii-dkobnaawaan jibwaa go naa waya gegoo naapnanaad.
>The Indians locked that one up when he went crazy, they made a little wooden house, and they tied him up with leather, before he did any harm to anyone. AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: gibaakO[h]w.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Verb
Animate transitive verb
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n73017881473n
GKS Reference Number:
14981