gbawaa

Definition: cover sth. (an.), put a lid on sth. (an.)

gbawaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ngibwaa;
>3sCCONJ gebwaat;
>2sIMP gbaw; 1 cover sth. (an.), put a lid on sth. (an.). Kina aabdek gwii-gbawaak giwi gindaaswinak blackout pii damnang.
>You have to cover all the numbers when blackout is played [in bingo]. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: gba'aan
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: giba[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: n73017934602n
GKS Reference Number: 14988
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