dbaajmataadwak

Definition: tell each other the news

dbaajmataadwak
>vaip-recip
>1pIND ndibaajmataadmi;
>3sCCONJ debaajmataadwaat; 1 tell each other the news. Aa baabige ogow animoshag maadaanagidoonoog gaye wiinawaa dibaajimotaadiwaad.
>My, right away these dogs started to talk for they were telling each other the news. GM1940.rn.
>Grammar note: This is the reciprocal form of <nish>dbaajmatwaa</nish>.
>Full-vowel form: dibaajimotaadi.

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: n201132716-3-7n
GKS Reference Number: 23865
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