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Ojibwe
Etymology
gib- (“blocked, plugged”) + -aakw- (“stick-like, wooden, organic solid”) + -a’ (“act on using a tool or medium”) + -an (vti class marker)
Verb
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
- 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”)
- gibaakwaʼ (“shut, block, jail, imprison, animate object”)
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