gwise

Definition: fall over, keel over

gwise
>vai comm.
>1sIND ngawse;
>3sCCONJ gewset; 1 fall over, keel over. Bekaa go zhiwi naaniibwi-ba gii-gwiset.
>He was just standing there when he fell over. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: gawise.

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: n73031818813n
GKS Reference Number: 16585
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