damiikaan

Definition: be busy with sth., be preoccupied with sth.

damiikaan
>vti Wp
>1sIND ndoodmiikaan;
>3sCCONJ wedmiikang; 1 be busy with sth., be preoccupied with sth.. Gaawii gii-de-naadsabii-sii; bmi-damiikaan kweji-nnaawtoot wi nakiiwaans.
>He didn't have time to bring in his nets; he's been preoccupied with trying to fix that engine. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: damiikwaa
>vta.
>Full-vowel form: o[n]damiikan.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate transitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n72989341942n
GKS Reference Number: 13993
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