bmoomaawsa

Definition: carry one's baby on one's back

bmoomaawsa
>vai SO
>1sIND nbimoomaawas;
>3sCCONJ bemoomaawsat; 1 carry one's baby on one's back. Gabe-dibik ningii-bimoomaawas gaa-nibod nindaanis.
>I carried the child about all night when my daughter died. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: bimoomaawasA.

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: n72978056345n
GKS Reference Number: 13152
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