gwaayaadge

Definition: swim to shore

gwaayaadge
>vai BI
>1sIND ngwaayaadge;
>3sCCONJ gwyaayaadget; 1 swim to shore. Miinawaa aanind aanawi agwaayaadagewag imaa jiigibiig eko-baagwaag.
>Some also tried to swim ashore there where it was shallow near the shore. GM1940.rn.
>Full-vowel form: agwaayaadage.

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: n20114214-11-21n
GKS Reference Number: 24056
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