baakaaknaan

Definition: open sth.

baakaaknaan
>vti comm.
>1sIND nbaakaaknaan;
>3sCCONJ byaakaaknang; 1 open sth.. (of canned food) Bangiishenh ogii-baakaakonaan ihiw ashkwaandem.
>He opened the door a little ways. AW1941.rn. Niizho-kikwaabkoons nboop ngii-baakaaknaan.
>I opened up two cans of soup. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: baakaaknaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: baakaakonan.

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: n72974651919n
GKS Reference Number: 11579
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