nishke

Definition: Look! (directing attention to something in sight)

nishke
>ij 1 Look! (directing attention to something in sight). Nishke, Maanii, oodi shkwaandeming eyaad, gpapaa.
>Look, Mary, over there at the doorway, it's your dad. ED1991.rs. Nishke gsha wa biibiins ezhi-gchi-miinjiisaat!
>Look how much hair that baby has! MC2011.cs. Nishke gaa-mkamaanh.
>Look at what I found! MC2005.cs. 2 See, I told you so!. Nishke sa!
>See! (I told you so!) MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: nishke.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Expression/Interjection
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73033752633n
GKS Reference Number: 20309
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