bbaamaashi

Definition: sail around

bbaamaashi
>vai comm
>1sIND nbabaamaash;
>3sCCONJ bebaamaashit; 1 sail around. Gaasmooni-jiimaan gii-zhitoon mzi gii-bbaamaashi Daawaa-mnising Neyaashii-nagmiing miinwaa Gchi-mnising.
>He made a sailboat and went all around to Manitoulin Island, to Cape Croker, and to Christian Island. AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: babaamaashi.

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: n201132610-9-15n
GKS Reference Number: 23787
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