bookshin

Definition: break into pieces, like a stick or limb

bookshin
>vai
>1sIND nbookshin;
>3sCCONJ bwaakshing; 1 break into pieces, like a stick or limb. Boopookoshinoog agiw mitigoog epiichi-ashpadinaag.
>It was so high that the logs broke to pieces. AW1941.rn.
>Partner: booksin
>vii.
>Full-vowel form: bookoshin.

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: n201132711-49-1n
GKS Reference Number: 23851
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