gshki'aa

Definition: afford sth. (an.)
Body

gshki'aa
>vta
comm.
>1sIND
ngashk’aa;
>3sCCONJ
geshk’aat;
>2sIMP
gshki’; 1 afford sth. (an.). E-zhoon'yaaket go eta niwin dnawan daabaanan daa-de-gshki'aan.
>Only someone who makes good money would be able to afford that kind of car. MC2005.cs
. 2 be able to do something to smb.; have control over smb., manage to do something to smb.. Mii sa go gii-gshkihaawaad wii-debnaawaad, gii-gjidaabaanaawaad zhiwi.
>Then they were able to get to him and they dragged him out from there. SO1971.rs
. Ngii-naabgwepnaa bzhikiins, gaawaa gwa ngii-gshkihaa.
>I roped the calf; I barely managed to get him. AM1937.rs
. Mii dash iw eta gaa-gshkihaajin niw zhgaagon ji-nsaad gii-bshazhewaad gii-bi-giiwewdamwaad niw ookmisan, mii dash niw gaa-mnazwaajin gii-mwaawaad.
>He could only kills skunks hitting them with a stick and bringing them home to his grandmother, and that's what they cooked to eat. AK1976.rs
. 3 get smb. free. Zhigwa gaa-gashkihigod ogii-bagijwebinaan.
>As soon as it had got him free, he suddenly let go of it. AW1941.rn
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>Full-vowel form:
gashkih.

Part of speech: Verb Animate transitive verb
Unique ID: n7303068287n
GKS Reference Number: 16259