biigshkaa

Definition: break, break down

biigshkaa
>vai comm.
>3sCCONJ baagshkaat; 1 break, break down. Gii-biigshkaa ndoo-daabaan; aabdek nga-nookii wii-nnaawchigaazat.
>My car broke down; I'll have to get it fixed. MC2005.cs. Gaa maamdaa wii-zhaaying oodenaang zaam biigshkaa gdoo-daabaan.
>Because your car is broken, we can't go to town. MC2007.cs. Niin aawyaambaa, ndaa-daawenan wa gete-daabaanenh jibwaa-aapji-biigshkaat.
>If I were you, I would sell that old car before it stops running. MC2007.cs.
>Partner: biigshkaa
>vii.
>Full-vowel form: biigoshkaa.

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: n72977244293n
GKS Reference Number: 12402
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