maajjiwan

Definition: flow away, start to flow

maajjiwan
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ myaajjiwang; 1 flow away, start to flow. (of currents) Maajjiwan nbiish; aa wiiba giiwenh go naa, mii aazhi zaaghigan gmaa go nikogamaag.
>The water had started to flow, and, in a short while, it had grown into a fair-sized lake. SO1971.rs. Miinawaa iniw ziibiwan eyiidawayahiinh onji-maajiijiwanoon iniw ziibiwan.
>And as for those rivers on each side, those rivers were flowing from there. GM1940.rn.
>Full-vowel form: maajijiwan.

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: n71429142563n
GKS Reference Number: 17312
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