gchi-kwe

Definition: a grown woman, an adult woman

gchi-kwe
>na SI 1 a grown woman, an adult woman. Gichi-akwe noongwa.
>She is a grown woman now. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: gchi-Ikwe.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Noun Animate noun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n201133013-34-13n
GKS Reference Number: 23958
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