giishkgwewaa

Definition: chop the top off of sth. (an.), chop off smb.'s head, decapitate smb.

giishkgwewaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ngiishkgwewaa;
>3sCCONJ gaashkgwewaat;
>2sIMP giishkgwew; 1 chop the top off of sth. (an.), chop off smb.'s head, decapitate smb.. Gaawii niinii nda-piichdewe-sii wii-giishkgwewak baakaakwenh.
>I'm not brave enough to chop off a chicken's head. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: giishkgwe'aan
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: giishkigwe[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: n73023738409n
GKS Reference Number: 15708
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