gchi-zhashkwedo

Definition: lifebelt

gchi-zhashkwedo
>na SI
>pl gchi-zhashkwedowak; 1 lifebelt. Aanawi ogii-naabikawaan gichi-azhashkwedowan, gaa wii gegoo gii-inaabadizisii.
>He had a lifebelt around him, but it did not do any good. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: gichi-azhashkwedo.

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: n201133015-46-46n
GKS Reference Number: 23971
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