jekaakw'am

Definition: go into the woods, go into the bush

jekaakw'am
>vai NE
>1sIND njekaakw’am;
>3sCCONJ jyekaakw’ang; 1 go into the woods, go into the bush. Mii dash aw nishnaabe gii-jekaakhang gii-biidood iw wiigwaas mii dash gii-zhitood niw wiigwaas-naagnan nooj eyaan'gokwaan'gin.
>And then the man went into the bush and brought some birchbark and he made some birchbark dishes of different sizes. AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: jekaakwaham.

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: n73028339405n
GKS Reference Number: 16842
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