megwaashkwaa

Definition: meet up with smb. [unexpectedly], run into smb. [unexpectedly]

megwaashkwaa
>vta
>1sIND nmegwaashkwaa;
>3sCCONJ myegwaashkwaat;
>2sIMP megwaashkaw; 1 meet up with smb. [unexpectedly], run into smb. [unexpectedly]. Mii ngoding bbaa-miinkeyaang mii gii-megwaashkwaangdwaa giw nishnaabeg gaa-nikewaad iidog daabjichganwaan iw wii-wiisniwaad.
>Once when we were out berrying we ran into these Indians who had apparently forgotten their utensils for eating. AK1976.rs. Daawegamgoong oodi ngii-megwaashkwaa.
>I ran into her at the store. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: megwaashkaw.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73032817242n
GKS Reference Number: 17755
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