gaashk'aan

Definition: scrape [the surface of] sth. off

gaashk'aan
>vti comm.
>1sIND ngaashk’aan;
>3sCCONJ gyaashk’ang; 1 scrape [the surface of] sth. off. Kina go gii-gaashk'aan wi doo-naagan; aapji go naa iidik gaa-bkadet.
>He scraped off his plate entirely; he must have been really hungry. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: gaashkwaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: gaashkahan.

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: n73016748696n
GKS Reference Number: 14845
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