ekwaanaama

Definition: breathe one's last, be out of breath

ekwaanaama
>vai
>1sIND ndekwaanaam;
>3sCCONJ yekwaanaamat; 1 breathe one's last, be out of breath. Gegaa ekwaanaamaa; waannamak gii-bi-njibtoo.
>He's almost out of breath; he ran from the bend in the road. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: ekwaanaamA.

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: n73015755417n
GKS Reference Number: 14632
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