mookwaakii

Definition: cry after somebody leaving

mookwaakii
>vai
>1sIND nmookwaakii;
>3sCCONJ e-mookwaakii; 1 cry after somebody leaving. Gchi-mookwaakii niwin mamaa-in ni-maajaanit.
>He cries loudly after his mother as she's leaving. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: mookawaakii.

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: n73033216945n
GKS Reference Number: 18446
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