ggwezkaan

Definition: test sth. with one's foot or body

ggwezkaan
>vti Wk
>1sIND ngagwezkaan;
>3sCCONJ gegwezkang; 1 test sth. with one's foot or body. Mii sa giiwenh jidmoonyan, "Aa sa naa, bbaa-ggwezkan!," dinaan giiwenh.
>Then he (Nenabush) said to the squirrel, "Come on! Go and test its firmness!" SO1971.rs.
>Full-vowel form: gagwezikaan.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n201133019-24-42n
GKS Reference Number: 23982
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