n'kwewebshkawaa

Definition: knock smb. back [with one's weight]

n'kwewebshkawaa
>vta
>1sIND nnakwewebshkawaa;
>3sCCONJ nekwewebshkawaat;
>2sIMP n’kwewebshkaw; 1 knock smb. back [with one's weight]. Gii-gchi-n'kweweshkawaan oodi niwin biijbooznit, gii-mkamaat niwin puck-on, gii-oo-biindgeweb'aget.
>He knocked him back as that guy was skating this way, took the puck away from him, and went and scored. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: nakwewebishkaw.

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: n73033814365n
GKS Reference Number: 18954
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