dkamaashi

Definition: blow across, be blown across, sail across

dkamaashi
>vai LH
>1sIND ndakmaash;
>3sCCONJ dekmaashit; 1 blow across, be blown across, sail across. Mii sa gii-booziwaad gii-dakamaashiwaad.
>Then they embarked and sailed across. AW1941.rn. Gii-dkaamaashwak ko Megnidwaang zhaayaat Wiikwemkoo-ninwak.
>Wikwemikong natives used to sail across when going to Magnetawan. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: dkamaasin
>vii.
>Full-vowel form: dakamaashi.

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: n73013684455n
GKS Reference Number: 14348
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