dbaajma
Definition:
narrate, report, talk, tell
Body
dbaajma
>vai comm.
>1sIND ndibaajim;
>3sCCONJ debaajmat; 1 narrate, report, talk, tell. Mii-sh giiwenh gii-dbaajmowaad gaa-zhichged wa mdimooyenh.
>Then they reported what the old lady did. SO1971.rs. Mii dash eta gonda niizh gyak gii-dbaajmowaad, naasaab gii-naajmowag, gaawii gii-noondaadsiiwag.
>Only two of them told the truth, for they related the same story, although they had not heard each other. SO1971.rs. Dkonwewninwak ndam; ga-dbaajim gaa-zhiwebak.
>Call the police; tell what happened. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: dibaajimA.
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:
n72989779161n
GKS Reference Number:
14041