bmishkaa
Definition:
go [along] in a boat, go by in a boat
Body
bmishkaa
>vai comm.
>1sIND nbimshkaa;
>3sCCONJ bemshkaat; 1 go [along] in a boat, go by in a boat. Jiimaaning gii-bmishkaawag waa-dzhi-bwahmowaad iw bgoji-mnoomin.
>They went in a canoe to the place where they knocked down that wild rice. AM1937.rs. Ningoding giiwenh Anishinaabeg bimishkaawaad omaa ziibiing Adikamegoshii-ziibiing.
>As the story goes the Indians were once paddling their canoes here in the river, in White Fish River. GM1940.rn.
>Full-vowel form: båmishkaa.
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:
n72978052205n
GKS Reference Number:
13133