gshkotam

Definition: be startled [by news heard], be surprised [by news heard]

gshkotam
>vai
>1sIND ngoshktam;
>3sCCONJ gweshktang; 1 be startled [by news heard], be surprised [by news heard]. Ngii-gshkotam gii-noondmaanh iidik wii-boontaat; megwaa naa mno-maajiishkaaba.
>I was surprised when I heard he was evidently quitting; he was doing really well. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: goshkotam.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73030620739n
GKS Reference Number: 16301
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