baataamaa

Definition: tattle on smb., tell on smb.

baataamaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND nbaataamaa;
>3sCCONJ byaataamaat;
>2sIMP baataam; 1 tattle on smb., tell on smb.. Wiidaanenyan wgii-baataamgoon iw gii-gmoodid waagaakdoons.
>His brother told on him for having stolen the hatchet. AM1937.rs. Gakina awiya odaa-gii-baataamigoon gegoo izhichiged, gijiishpin izhinaagozipa geyaabi.
>That other would tell on everybody whenever that person did anything out of the way, if one were still so formed. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: baataam.

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: n72975844505n
GKS Reference Number: 11787
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