gkaa

Definition: be old; be aged

gkaa
>vai comm.
>1sIND ngikaa;
>3sCCONJ gekaat; 1 be old; be aged. (of people & animals) Gaa wiin gaye go naa gichi-gikaasii, anishaa go naa godagitoo gaye wii.
>He is not so very old a man, but for some reason he suffers a great deal. AW1941.rn. Gii-gikaa gomaapii.
>He lived to a great age. AW1941.rn. Gikaawan ogitiziimiwaan.
>Their parents were old. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: gikaa.

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: n73025583606n
GKS Reference Number: 15942
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