dkwaabiignaan

Definition: make sth. short, shorten sth.

dkwaabiignaan
>vti comm.
>1sIND ndakwaabiignaan;
>3sCCONJ dekwaabiignang; 1 make sth. short, shorten sth.. (of stringlike objects) Washme gdaa-dkwaabiignaan wi sabaabiins; da-sagtakse giishpin wi.
>You should shorten your thread; otherwise it'll get all tangled up. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: dkwaabiignaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: dakwaabiiginan.

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: n73013952508n
GKS Reference Number: 14435
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