gyakwaakzi

Definition: be straight, stand straight

gyakwaakzi
>vai EO
>1sIND ngwaykwaakis;
>3sCCONJ gweykwaakzit; 1 be straight, stand straight. (of sticklike objects) Mii-sh maajii-ndawaabmad wen'zhishid e-gwyakwaakzid mdaamin, pii dash go ge-ni-zhaayan naangim go odi yekwaayan.
>Then you start looking for the good kind of corn standing straight, and then you go on until you come to the end there. AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: gwayakwaakozi.

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: n20114217-9-0n
GKS Reference Number: 24064
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