gwaawgo

Definition: be washed ashore, be washed up [onto the shore]

gwaawgo
>vai
>1sIND ngwaawak;
>3sCCONJ e-gwaawgot; 1 be washed ashore, be washed up [onto the shore]. Aanin giiyenh gii-gwaawgobniik jiibayk, wi gchi-jiimaan gii-gndaawgong oodi.
>Supposedly some skeletons washed up when that ship sank over there. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: [a]gwaawago.

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: n73031643013n
GKS Reference Number: 16480
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