ggaanzmaa
Definition:
encourage smb., urge smb., exhort smb.
Body
ggaanzmaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ngaanzmaa;
>3sCCONJ gegaanzmaat;
>2sIMP ggaanzam;
>1sIND ngagaanzmaa; 1 encourage smb., urge smb., exhort smb.. Mii-sh ge nii pii gii-ggaanzomgwaa ndooshkniigiimag.
>That's when I exhorted my men. SO1971.rs. Ngii-ggaanzmaa maanoo wii-gjitoot; "Gnamaa gsha go gdaa-gshkitoon," ngii-naa.
>I urged her to try [doing] it; "Who knows, you might be able to do it," I told her. MC2005.cs. 2 order smb. up [in euchre].
>Full-vowel form: gagaanzam.
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:
n73020283345n
GKS Reference Number:
15325