aateshkaan

Definition: put sth. out [with the foot or body], stamp sth. out

aateshkaan
>vti comm.
>1sIND ndaateshkaan;
>3sCCONJ yaateshkang; 1 put sth. out [with the foot or body], stamp sth. out (of fire, something burning) Ngii-aateshkaan shkode.
>I stamped out the fire. AM1937.rs. Gii-aateshkaan wi shkode zaam gii-jaagse mbiish.
>He stamped out the fire because there was no more water. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: aateshkwaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: aateshkan.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n72974044952n
GKS Reference Number: 11365
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