gbaakw'igaaza

Definition: be locked up, be in jail, be in prison

gbaakw'igaaza
>vai comm.
>1sIND ngibaakw’igaas;
>3sCCONJ gebaakw’igaazat; 1 be locked up, be in jail, be in prison. Gwetaanzi wa gaa-dbaaknaat niwin shkinwen; ngo-giizis gii-naaknaan wii-gbaakwigaaznit.
>That person who tried that youth is really strict; he sentenced him to be jailed for one month. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: gibaakwIhigaazA.

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: n73017879041n
GKS Reference Number: 14978
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