kwaabiigmawak

Definition: be a certain length

kwaabiigmawak
>vaip
>1sIND nda-kwaabiigmami;
>3sCCONJ e-kwaabiigmawaat; 1 be a certain length. (of a parade or lineup of people) Gwetaak e-kwaabiigmawaat tickets waa-yaangik.
>There's such a long lineup of those wanting to buy tickets. MC2005.cs.
>Grammar note: Contains the relative root /akw/.
>Full-vowel form: akwaabiigåmA.

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: n73032724692n
GKS Reference Number: 17180
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