aabnaabndamaaza

Definition: look back [as a precaution or out of fear]

aabnaabndamaaza vai comm. 1sIND ndaabnaamdamaas; 3sCCONJ yaabnaamdamaazat; 2sIMP aabnaamdamaazan; 1 look back [as a precaution or out of fear]. Mii sa maanda zhi-aabnaabndmaazod. This is how he (Nibakom) came to look back. SO1971.rs. Aabnaamdamaaza nshike bmaset oodenaang niibaadbik. He looks back when he walks alone in the city at night. MC2005.cs. Full-vowel form: aabanaabandamaazA.

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: n72971764349n
GKS Reference Number: 364
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