njigaa

Definition: leak, well up

njigaa
>vai comm.
>3sCCONJ wenjgaat; 1 leak, well up. Ndakik njigaa.
>My kettle is leaking. AM1937.rs. Ge-wii gwa dakkoon njigaawan.
>Her kettle is leaking too. AM1937.rs.
>Partner: njigaa
>vii.
>Full-vowel form: onjigaa.

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: n71433045795n
GKS Reference Number: 20360
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