kwaabiigat

Definition: be a certain length

kwaabiigat
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ e-kwaabiigak; 1 be a certain length. (of stringlike objects) Mii dash gii-bbaa-dkobnaad niw zhiishiiban kaadning kina ekwaabiigak iw sabaab.
>Then he went about tying those ducks by their legs along the whole length of that cord. AM1937.rs.
>Partner: kwaabiigzi
>vai.
>Grammar note: Contains the relative root /akw/.
>Full-vowel form: akwaabiigad.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n71429057570n
GKS Reference Number: 17179
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