giigoonke
Definition:
fish
Body
giigoonke
>vai comm.
>1sIND ngiigoonke;
>3sCCONJ gaagoonket; 1 fish. Giin dash? Gdoo-nji-giigoonke na?
>How about you (sg.)? Have you gone fishing lately? MC2001.rs. Wenpanzh dash jiimaan daa-te ge-aabjitooyang ji-giigoonykeyang maa bi-zhaayang."
>A boat would be handy since we'll use it for fishing when we come there." AK1976.rs. Zhiitaa wii-bbaa-giigoonket; zhaazhi gii-bkobiinaan jiimaan.
>He's getting ready to go fishing; he already put his boat in the water. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: giigoonyike.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Verb
Animate intransitive verb
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n73022943736n
GKS Reference Number:
15526