gshkotaa

Definition: startle people, surprise people

gshkotaa
>vai comm.
>1sIND ngoshktaa;
>3sCCONJ gweshktaat; 1 startle people, surprise people. Aapji go gii-gshkotaa weyiip gii-oo-niibwitwaat niwin.
>She startled people when she went and married him so quickly. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: goshkotaa.

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: n73030620654n
GKS Reference Number: 16300
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