bmaadgaa

Definition: swim, wade

bmaadgaa
>vai LH
>1sIND nbimaadgaa;
>3sCCONJ bemaadgaat; 1 swim, wade. Aanii-sh mii sa gmaapiich go miinwaa bezhig bmaadgaad go wesiinh, aanii-sh mii go nendmaad go yaabmaajin go bmaadgaanid.
>A little later another animal swam by, and he called out to the one he saw swimming by. SO1971.rs. Gnzaabiimgad jiimaan, aabdig gga-bmaadgaam.
>The canoe is sinking; you will have to swim. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: bimaadagaa.

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: n72977666560n
GKS Reference Number: 13020
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