gwiinjin

Definition: float, soak

gwiinjin
>vai comm.
>1sIND ngwiinjin;
>3sCCONJ e-gwiinjing;
>1sIND ndagwinjin;
>3sCCONJ egwinjing; 1 float, soak. Maapii-sh giiwenh gii-bi-mookse, bdagwaakninjii gwinjin giiwenh.
>A little later, he came to the surface, and floated there with his hands clenched. SO1971.rs. Gii-agwinjin.
>He stayed in the water. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: [a]gwiinjin.

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: n73031817601n
GKS Reference Number: 16550
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