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Definition: be tightly closed, be thick so as not to let the sun through

gshkiiwaan'kot
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>3sCCONJ geshkiiwaan’kok; 1 be tightly closed, be thick so as not to let the sun through. (of clouds) Gegeti gshkiiwaan'kot; gaa go ngoji dpaasge-sii giizis.
>Ever tightly closed [the clouds]; the sun is not shining through anywhere. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: gashkiiwaanakOd.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)

Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb

Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).

Unique ID: n73030611290n

GKS Reference Number: 16278

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