giiwsaatkamik

Definition: how unfortunate!; too bad!

giiwsaatkamik
>ij 1 how unfortunate!; too bad!. Gesnaa giisaatkamik wii-bizhaa-sik Emaa. Aapji nnaagaaznaaba wii-waabmak.
>It's too darn bad that Emma's not going to come. I had been so looking forward to seeing her. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: giiwasaadakamik.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Expression/Interjection
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73024138978n
GKS Reference Number: 15815
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