gii'aa

Definition: escape from smb.

gii'aa
>vta SO
>1sIND ngii’aa;
>3sCCONJ gaa’aat;
>2sIMP gii’; 1 escape from smb.. (utensils) Aazhi ngii-giihig.
>He has got away from me. AM1937.rs. Mii iw gii-waabndamwaad gii-waanked ge wii npaaj-nakehiing odi mii-sh maa bmi-zaagjikwed odi npaaj-nakehiing gii-giihgowaad.
>They saw that he was digging too on the opposite side there, indeed he was going along making tracks and escaping there on the opposite side. AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: giih.

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: n73022944033n
GKS Reference Number: 15483
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