naawkanaa

Definition: leave smb. behind [in a race], leave smb. trailing [in a race]

naawkanaa
>vta
>1sIND nnaawkanaa;
>3sCCONJ nyaakanaat;
>2sIMP naawkan; 1 leave smb. behind [in a race], leave smb. trailing [in a race]. Aapji go naa nnaawkanaa; gaa go naa gnige gnabach nda-dimnewgo-sii.
>I'm really leaving him well back; I don't think he can catch up to me at all. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: naawåkan.

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: n73033562277n
GKS Reference Number: 19274
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