ddadbaajmotaadwak
Definition:
engage in lively conversation with each other
Body
ddadbaajmotaadwak
>vaip-recip Od
>1pIND ndaddibaajmotaadmi;
>3sCCONJ deddbaajmotaadwaat; 1 engage in lively conversation with each other. Dadadibaajimotaadiwag gakina.
>They were all engaged in lively conversation. AW1941.rn.
>Grammar note: This word is the reciprocal form of <nish>dibaajimotaw</nish>. It also appears to be double reduplicated, each time by adding an element <nish>da</nish>, perhaps once for intensity (liveliness), and another for plurality, though it is not typical for reciprocals to show reduplication.
>Full-vowel form: dadadibaajimotaadi.
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:
n201132717-21-42n
GKS Reference Number:
23873