miinkiige

Definition: catch one's balance

miinkiige
>vai Wp
>1sIND nmiinkiige;
>3sCCONJ maankiiget; 1 catch one's balance. Oo, ganwaabmaan wniij-Nishnaaben giiwenh aw gaa-miinkiiged.
>But he caught his balance and looked around at his fellow Indians. NS1975.rs.
>Full-vowel form: miinåkii[hi]ge ?.

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: n20114168-6-35n
GKS Reference Number: 24349
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