dnaapi

Definition: laugh at a certain location, laugh at a particular place

dnaapi
>vai
>1sIND ndoo-dnaap;
>3sCCONJ endnaapit; 1 laugh at a certain location, laugh at a particular place. Gegeti ggetin ngijba'aanaa nimookaajiinh; mii sa aabtaweyiing gii-ke-ngaagaabwiyaang. 'Aanii, biidwewekzinebtoo na?' kida sa. Mii sa zhiwi gaa-dnaapyaang!
>We're running away from the dog at breakneck speed; so then we stopped momentarily halfway. 'Well, is it coming running this way with its shoes making noise?' she says. There we were, laughing away! MC2005.cs.
>Grammar note: Contains relative root /daN/.
>Full-vowel form: danaapi.

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: n73045852911n
GKS Reference Number: 14469
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