jiikaanaa

Definition: scale

jiikaanaa
>vta
>1sIND njiikaanaa;
>3sCCONJ e-jiikaanaat;
>2sIMP jiikaash; 1 scale (of fish) Aapiish gaanaak mookmaan; nwii-jiikaanaa maaba dikmek.
>Where's a sharp knife; I want to scale this whitefish. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: jiikaaN.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Animate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n72985843555n
GKS Reference Number: 16952
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