aate'ge

Definition: extinguish a fire, put out a fire

aate'ge
>vai
>1sIND ndaate’ge;
>3sCCONJ yaate’get; 1 extinguish a fire, put out a fire. Gii-noodaakde taasoogamgoons biinaakzigeyaang; ngii-aate'gemi dash aabdek.
>The shed caught fire when we were burning grass; so we had to put out the fire. MC2005.cs. 2 be a firefighter. Niizaanaangzhewak aate'geyaat.
>They have a dangerous job being firefighters. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: aate'ge.

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: n72973948969n
GKS Reference Number: 11352
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