dbaajmatwaa

Definition: tell smb. about something

dbaajmatwaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ndibaajmatwaa;
>3sCCONJ debaajmatwaat;
>2sIMP dbaajmataw; 1 tell smb. about something. Mii aw idash gakina gaa-dibaajimotaagojin wemitigoozhiwan.
>She was the one to whom the French people told all this. AW1941.rn. Ngii-dbaajmatwaa ndaanis gaa-bi-zhiwebak ge-nii gii-gaachiinyaanh.
>I told my daughter what happened when I was little. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: dibaajimAtaw.

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: n72989779478n
GKS Reference Number: 14043
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