shkwaase

Definition: come to an end, be the end of something

shkwaase
>vii Wk
>3sCCONJ eshkwaasek; 1 come to an end, be the end of something. Aabdek wii-aanji-bzigwiinjgaabwiying; gaa maamdaa zhanda kina gegoo da-shkwaasegba...
>It has to be a process of renewal, it can't be the end... MC2007.cs.
>Full-vowel form: ishkwaase.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n201141019-45-22n
GKS Reference Number: 24328
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