gjib'iwe
Definition:
escape, run away, take off
Body
gjib'iwe
>vai comm.
>1sIND ngijbaâwe;
>3sCCONJ gejbaâwet; 1 escape, run away, take off. Gga-maajaami, gga-gjibhiwemi.
>Let's leave; let's run away." SO1971.rs. Gaawii wiya wiijkiwenywaan; kina gii-gjibhiwengoba.
>None of their allies were there; they had all run off, apparently. SO1971.rs. Mii gii-gjibhiwewaad; zaagjibhiwewag wiigwaamwaang waakaahganing.
>These ran away; they ran from their homes in the fort. SO1971.rs.
>Full-vowel form: gijibahiwe.
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:
n73024537119n
GKS Reference Number:
15915