biidwewendmawaa

Definition: call down something [unintentionally] upon smb. by one's words

biidwewendmawaa
>vta
>1sIND nbiidwewendmawaa;
>3sCCONJ baadwewendmawaat; 1 call down something [unintentionally] upon smb. by one's words. (usually a misfortune) Aasnaa gego kid-ke wi; gegoo ga-biidwewendmaadis.
>Hey, don't say that; you'll call something down upon yourself. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: biidwewendamaw.

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: n72976958703n
GKS Reference Number: 12368
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