giiskaan

Definition: take sth. off

giiskaan
>vti comm.
>1sIND ngiiskaan;
>3sCCONJ gaaskang; 1 take sth. off. (of clothes) Bezhig dash gii-giiskaan manjgoodenh.
>So one of them took off her skirt. AM1937.rs. Gii-giiskaan biiskawaagan.
>He took off his coat. AM1937.rs. Giiskaanan dagwinan.
>He's taking off his clothes. AM1937.rs.
>Partner: giiskawaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: giizikan.

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: n73023758927n
GKS Reference Number: 15754
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