bmwaa

Definition: shoot smb. [with an arrow], shoot at smb. [with an arrow]

bmwaa
>vta LH
>1sIND nbimwaa;
>3sCCONJ bemwaat;
>2sIMP bmon, bmo, bmaw; 1 shoot smb. [with an arrow], shoot at smb. [with an arrow]. Gaa dash gegoo waa-zhichged sa ji-bmwaad.
>There was nothing he could do to shoot it. AM1937.rs. Gye go mii gii-bmwaad, gye go mii gii-nsaad.
>Then he shot it and killed it. AM1937.rs.
>Partner: bmodaan
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: bimw.

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: n72978056771n
GKS Reference Number: 13159
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