nooskaan

Definition: outgrow sth.

nooskaan
>vti
>1sIND nnooskaan;
>3sCCONJ e-nooskang;
>1sIND nnooskaan;
>3sCCONJ e-nooskang; 1 outgrow sth.. (of clothes) Weyiip nooskaanaawaa binoojiinyik gegoo; gaawaanh go ngo-bboon de-biiskaanaawaa.
>Children outgrow stuff quickly; they're able to wear for barely a year. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: nooskawaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: nooskan.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73002554778n
GKS Reference Number: 20633
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