waasa

Definition: far, far away

waasa
>av comm. 1 far, far away. Ngoding sa giiwenh nishnaabeg ziisbaakdokewag, ngoji go naa noopming, waasa go naa noopming.
>Once some people were making sugar, somewhere inland, far inland. SO1971.rs. Gaa dash aapji go gchi-waasa gii-zhaasiiwag, mii gii-nkweshkwaawaad gchi-mookmaani-zhmaagnishan.
>But they had not gone very far, when they encountered the American soldiers. SO1971.rs. Gego gnagen waasa wiya da-njigaabwisii!
>Let no one dare stand too far away. SO1971.rs. Waasa endaayaan.
>It is far to where I live. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: waasa.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Adverb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73032485416n
GKS Reference Number: 21686
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