gaakshkaan

Definition: rip sth. [with one's weight], rip sth. [due to one's size], tear sth. [with one's weight], tear sth.

gaakshkaan
>vti
>1sIND ngaakshkaan;
>3sCCONJ gyaakshkang; 1 rip sth. [with one's weight], rip sth. [due to one's size], tear sth. [with one's weight], tear sth.. Ga-gaakshkaan wi gtwena kweji-biiskaman wi zyaami-gaaching miiknoot.
>You'll rip that pants that's too small trying to put it on regardless. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: gaakåshkan.

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: n73023752561n
GKS Reference Number: 14790
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