aamwaa
Definition:
drive smb. away, drive smb. off
Body
aamwaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ndaamwaa;
>3sCCONJ yaamwaat; 1 drive smb. away, drive smb. off. Niw dash gezhaadgen'jin kwewan nshike binid mii go gii-aamwaawaad gii-zaagjinaazhkawaawaad gonda Naadweswag.
>Then these Hurons would drive off the woman who was keeping the house alone, chasing her away from the place. AM1937.rs. Ngii-aamwaa wa nimookaajiinh bzhikiinsan gaa-bminaashkawaajin.
>I drove that dog away that was chasing the calf. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: ?aamw.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Verb
Animate transitive verb
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n72973261531n
GKS Reference Number:
11093