bchi'aa

Definition: mistake smb. for another

bchi'aa
>vta
>1sIND nbich’aa;
>3sCCONJ bech’aat; 1 mistake smb. for another. Ngii-bchi'aa; bezhik ko gaa-wiiji-skoonwimak aawit ngii-nendam.
>I mistook her for another; I thought that she was a person with whom I used to go to school. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: bichih.

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: n72976246681n
GKS Reference Number: 11933
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