gyakwaabza
Definition:
speed straight to some end point
Body
gyakwaabza
>vai Wk
>1sIND ngwaykwaabis;
>3sCCONJ gwyekwaabzat; 1 speed straight to some end point. Naagaanbizjig gii-ni-gwibdoonaawaan wiigwaaman, shkweyaang eyaajig mii go eta gii-ni-bgaskiigndibehgewaad, biinish wadi gyekwaabzowaad.
>The ones that ran ahead knocked down the tents, and the ones that came after just knocked those people on the head as they passed, until they had moved quickly to the very end of the row. SO1971.rs.
>Full-vowel form: gwayakwaabizA.
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:
n20114218-57-18n
GKS Reference Number:
24066