giiwshkwebnaa
Definition:
get smb. drunk, make smb. drunk
Body
giiwshkwebnaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ngiiwshkwebnaa;
>3sCCONJ gaawshkwebnaat;
>2sIMP giiwshkwebish; 1 get smb. drunk, make smb. drunk. Gii-giishkwebnaawaan niwin nishnaaben, mii dash gii-ggiibaazmaawaat ki.
>They got the Indians drunk, then they cheated them out of the land. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: giiwashkwebiN.
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:
n73024138512n
GKS Reference Number:
15819