gekaanh

Definition: old person, elderly person

gekaanh
>na Wk
>pl gekaanyik; 1 old person, elderly person. Mii sa gii-waabamaawaad bezhig aniw mitigoon gichi-miskwiiwinid agiw gekaanyag.
>Then they saw that one of those trees was dripping blood, those old people. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: gekaany.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Noun Animate noun
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73020045763n
GKS Reference Number: 15241
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