ggwejmaa

Definition: ask smb., make a request of smb.; question smb., put questions to smb.

ggwejmaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ngagwejmaa;
>3sCCONJ gegwejmaat;
>2sIMP ggwejim; 1 ask smb., make a request of smb.; question smb., put questions to smb.. Wegnesh gegwejmimba? What were you asking me? MC2005.cs. Wiinge-ggwejmaawaad go iidig. They questioned her very carefully. SO1971.rs. Nnaazh go kina gii-ni-ggwejmaad ezhnikaaznid. He asked all of them their names. AM1937.rs. Gii-gkenmaan niw gtigewninwan, "Mii go noongo ji-oodetood, nga-zhaa odi endaad, nga-ggwejmaa ji-ni-booz'hid." He knew a farmer, "It's today that he goes to town, I'll go there where he lives, I'll ask him to give me a ride." AK1976.rs. Full-vowel form: gagwejim.

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: n73021036813n
GKS Reference Number: 15412
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