aanshiitam

Definition: give up, quit, stop trying

aanshiitam
>vai comm.
>1sIND ndaanshiitam;
>3sCCONJ yaanshiitang; 1 give up, quit, stop trying. Gomaapii ningii-aanishiitam wii-noonaawasoyaan.
>Finally I gave up trying to give the breast. AW1941.rn. Aanshiitam; zaam go naa shpangde mbaasjigning boozing.
>He's giving up; it's too expensive to get on a plane. MC2005.cs. Mii go baamaa pii byaapiiwnawak gii-aanshiitang kweji-bkinwit.
>It wasn't until I cleaned him that he gave up trying to beat me. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: aanishiitam.

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: n7297341173n
GKS Reference Number: 11229
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