jaagnanaa

Definition: eradicate sth. (an.), kill off smb. entirely

jaagnanaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND njaagnanaa;
>3sCCONJ jyaagnanaat;
>2sIMP jaagnash; 1 eradicate sth. (an.), kill off smb. entirely. Mii sa go eta kina gii-jaagnanaawaad wadi biindig eyaan'jin.
>So they, alone, killed all those that were inside. SO1971.rs. Miinawaa aniw aanind animoonsan gakina ahaw animosh oniijaanisan naasaab ezhinaagozinijin ezhinaagozid mii sa gakina gaa-jaaginanaawaad aniw animoonsan.
>All those young dogs all the children of that dog who were like him in shape, they killed off all of them. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: jaaginaN.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73028052871n
GKS Reference Number: 16797
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