gaachaabiigat

Definition: be thin

gaachaabiigat
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ gyaachaabiigak; 1 be thin. (of stringlike objects) Zaam go naa gaachaabiigat wi sabaap; da-bkishkaa.
>That rope is too thin; it'll break. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: gaachaabiigzi
>vai.
>Full-vowel form: gaachaabiigad.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73016036332n
GKS Reference Number: 14712
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