zhegwaashkni
Definition:
jump backwards
Body
zhegwaashkni
>vai
>1sIND nzhegwaashkon;
>3sCCONJ zhyegwaashknit;
>1sIND nzhegwaashwan; 1 jump backwards. 2 back off from a plan.
>Full-vowel form: [a]zhegwaashkOni.
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:
n73036512688n
GKS Reference Number:
22882