nshiwe

Definition: commit murder, kill, kill people

nshiwe
>vai comm.
>1sIND nnishiwe;
>3sCCONJ neshiwet; 1 commit murder, kill, kill people. Gii-bbaa-yaawag giiwenh nishnaabeg, bebaa-nda-nshiwejig.
>Some Indians allegedly used to come around, who were bent on killing people. SO1971.rs.
>Full-vowel form: nishiwe.

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: n71433869732n
GKS Reference Number: 20720
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