aadsooke

Definition: tell a legend, tell a myth, tell a sacred story

aadsooke
>vai comm.
>1sIND ndaadsooke;
>3sCCONJ yaadsooket; 1 tell a legend, tell a myth, tell a sacred story. Bboong go eta gii-aadsookwewak Nishnaabek wii-bwaa-noondaagwaat giiyenh Nenbozhoonyin.
>[Ojibwe] Indians used to tell legends only in the winter so that Nanabush wouldn't hear them. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: aadisooke.

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: n72972578056n
GKS Reference Number: 11021
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