gshkomaa

Definition: startle smb. [by shouting or talking], surprise smb. [by one's words]

gshkomaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ngoshkmaa;
>3sCCONJ gweshkmaat;
>2sIMP gshkom; 1 startle smb. [by shouting or talking], surprise smb. [by one's words]. Gegeti ngii-gshkomaa wiindmawak Sam bbaa-yaat; gaa go gnigenh gii-dnenmaa-ziin.
>I really surprised her when I told her Sam was around; she didn't expect him at all. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: goshkom.

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: n73030614307n
GKS Reference Number: 16296
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