gibaakwaʼan
Ojibwe edit
Etymology edit
gib- (“blocked, plugged”) + -aakw- (“stick-like, wooden, organic solid”) + -a’ (“act on using a tool or medium”) + -an (vti class marker)
Verb edit
gibaakwaʼan (stem gibaakwaʼ-, changed conjunct form gebaakwaʼang)
- shut (as or as with something stick-like or wooden)
- Gibaakwa'an ishkwaandem iwidi ataasoowigamigong.
- Close the door on that shed.
- block, dam (as or as with something stick-like or wooden)
Derived terms edit
- gibaakwaʼigan (“barricade, dam, gate”)
- gibaakwaʼigaade (“be shut, dammed, blocked, "they" shut, dam, block it”)
- gibaakwaʼigaazo (“be shut, dammed, blocked, "they" shut, dam, block it/her/him”)
- gibaakwaʼige (“shut, dam, block, no specified object”)
Related terms edit
- gibaakwaʼ (“shut, block, jail, imprison, animate object”)
References edit
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/gibaakwa-an-vti