bmaashi

Definition: sail, sail along, sail by, go by sailboat, travel by sailboat, be blown along by the wind

bmaashi
>vai comm.
>1sIND nbimaash;
>3sCCONJ bemaashit; 1 sail, sail along, sail by, go by sailboat, travel by sailboat, be blown along by the wind. Gii-bmaashwak go Nishnaabek bbaa-miin'kwewaat.
>Indians used to go by sailboat to go blueberry-picking. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: bmaasin
>vii.
>Full-vowel form: bimaashi.

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: n72977949168n
GKS Reference Number: 13040
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