biidwewdam

Definition: come shouting, come yelling

biidwewdam
>vai comm.
>1sIND nbiidwewdam;
>3sCCONJ baadwewdang; 1 come shouting, come yelling. Biidwewdamook binoojiinyik; wiiba iidik gaa-shkwaa-skoonwiyaat.
>The kids are coming shouting; evidently they've finished school early. MC2005.cs. Maanda dnawa mzinbiigewin neyaap mooksek, mii dbaajmoomgak biidwewdamwaat neyaap gonda ngodwaak nso-bboon gaa-bgidnigaaz-sigok wii-giigdawaat miinwaa wii-naagdoowaat bimaadziwniwaa.
>It heralds the voice of a generation emerging from a hundred year exile, the imposed silence of state-sanctioned repression and cultural exclusion. MC2007.cs.
>Full-vowel form: biidwewidam.

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: n72976954619n
GKS Reference Number: 12358
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