shkwaa-naawkwe

Definition: be the afternoon, be afternoon

shkwaa-naawkwe
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>3sCCONJ eshkwaa-naawkwek; 1 be the afternoon, be afternoon. Baamaa minwa shkwaa-naawkweg ga-waabmin, nmaamaa, gii-shkwaa-kinoohmaagziyaan.
>I'll see you later, this afternoon, mom, after I'm finished with school. EMc1991.rs. Niizho-dbahganek noongo shkwaa-naawkweg gga-maajaami.
>We'll leave at two o'clock this afternoon. MC2001.rs.
>Full-vowel form: ishkwaa-naawakwe.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n2010121221-54-50n
GKS Reference Number: 23708
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