biijmaamaa
Definition:
smell smb.
Body
biijmaamaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND nbiijmaamaa;
>3sCCONJ baajmaamaat;
>2sIMP biijmaam; 1 smell smb.. Mii dash aw bezhig gwiiwzens gii-maajiidmawaad niw oosan, mii-sh gii-biijmaamaad aw kiwenzii, "Semaa sa go aw."
>And one boy took it to his father, and the old man smelled it, "Why, it's tobacco." AK1976.rs. Kogaa-daa zhanda; zhgaak nbiijmaamaa.
>Let's get out of here; I smell a skunk. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: biijmaandaan
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: biijimaam.
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:
n72977252296n
GKS Reference Number:
12444