gezkawaa

Definition: catch smb. in the act

gezkawaa
>vta
>1sIND ngezkawaa;
>3sCCONJ gyezkawaat;
>2sIMP gezkaw; 1 catch smb. in the act. Ngii-gezkawaa kweji-daapnang zhoonyaans nmashkmadaang.
>I caught him trying to take money from my purse. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: gezikaw.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73020048474n
GKS Reference Number: 15307
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