shawejiibgiza

Definition: roll quickly onto one's side, throw oneself onto one's side

shawejiibgiza
>vai
>1sIND ndashwejiibgis;
>3sCCONJ eshwejiibgizat; 1 roll quickly onto one's side, throw oneself onto one's side. Weyiip gii-shawejiibgiza wii-bwaa-bsikaagot niwin mtigoon.
>Quickly, he rolled onto his side so the tree wouldn't hit him. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: ashawejiibågizA.

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: n73034011809n
GKS Reference Number: 21199
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