detewaakwige

Definition: knock [on door]

detewaakwige
>vai LH
>1sIND ndetewaakwige;
>3sCCONJ dyetewaakwiget; 1 knock [on door]. Aasnaa nengaach detewaakwigen; ga-bgonegnaandaan wi shkwaandem.
>Hey, knock softly; you'll knock a hole in that door. MC2005.cs. Oo-naabin shkwaandeming; wiya detewaakwige.
>Go look at the door; somebody's knocking. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: detewaakwa[h]ige.

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: n73003956377n
GKS Reference Number: 14215
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