shkonnaa

Definition: leave smb. alive [in killing others], spare smb. [from being killed]

shkonnaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND nshkonnaa;
>3sCCONJ eshkonnaat;
>2sIMP shkonazh; 1 leave smb. alive [in killing others], spare smb. [from being killed].
>Full-vowel form: [I]shkonaN.

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: n73031483816n
GKS Reference Number: 21317
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