shpa'ooza

Definition: hang high, be [suspended] high

shpa'ooza
>vai
>3sCCONJ eshp’oozat; 1 hang high, be [suspended] high. Gesnaa shpa'ooza wa truck; kwaandwaagaans nga-nakaazan aabdek wii-boozyaanh.
>Is that truck ever high; I'll have to use a small ladder to get on. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: ishpahoozA.

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: n73034012936n
GKS Reference Number: 21378
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