gaachin

Definition: be little, be small

gaachin
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ gyaaching; 1 be little, be small. Wi egaaching naagaans nga-nakaazan; bangii go naa eta wi njuice nwii-mnikwen. I'll use that glass that's small; I'm going to drink just a little bit of juice. MC2005.cs. Nwanj maanda gchi-doopwin, maanda nwanj gaachin. This table is bigger, and this one is smaller. AM1937.rs. Shpagnde, miinwaa zaami-gaachin yard. (This house) is expensive, and the yard's too small. MC2007.cs. Partner: gaachiinyi vai. Full-vowel form: gaachin.

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: n73016038597n
GKS Reference Number: 14729
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