goon'kaa

Definition: be a lot of snow (on the ground)

goon'kaa
>vii comm.
>3sCCONJ e-goon’kaak; 1 be a lot of snow (on the ground). Geyaabi gii-agoonikaa maajaayaang.
>There was still snow on the ground where we started from. AW1941.rn. Mii zhaazhgo weweni goon'kaak; bboonang maanda pii, gaawii maanda mnik piichi-goon'kaa-snooba mshi.
>Already there's an ample amount of snow; last year at this time, there wasn't this much snow yet. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: goonikaa.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73030426725n
GKS Reference Number: 16184
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