aaswaaknamaakwii

Definition: hold onto something for support [while standing or climbing]

aaswaaknamaakwii
>vai
>1sIND ndaaswaaknamaakwii;
>3sCCONJ yaaswaaknamaakwiit; 1 hold onto something for support [while standing or climbing]. Aaswaaknamaakwiin niisaandweyin, wii-bwaa-zhooshkshinan.
>Hold on [to the rail] when you go down, so you don't slip. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: aaswaakonamaakwii.

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: n72973762028n
GKS Reference Number: 11345
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