kwashkaa

Definition: come up so close to shore, come up to shore to such an extent

kwashkaa
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>3sCCONJ ekwashkaak; 1 come up so close to shore, come up to shore to such an extent. (water, waves) Gakina dash jiigibiig ekwashkaag gii-gaazowag igiw Noopimidazhininiig.
>Then all those backwoodsmen hid as near to the shore as the water came. GM1940.rn.
>Full-vowel form: akwashkaa.

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: n20114316-37-55n
GKS Reference Number: 24093
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