gkenmaa
Definition:
know smb., know about smb.; know something about smb.
Body
gkenmaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ngiikenmaa;
>3sCCONJ gekenmaat;
>2sIMP gkenim; 1 know smb., know about smb.; know something about smb.. Gaa wii go wgii-gkenmaasiin iidig Nimkiiwnid niwi.
>He probably didn't know that they were the Thunderers. SO1971.rs. Baamaa-sh ggii-gkenminim zhaazhi kina gaa-bi-maajaayeg.
>It was somewhat later that I realized that you all had already left. SO1971.rs. Ningii-gikenimaa wegwisid.
>I knew his father. AW1941.rn.
>Partner: gkendaan
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: gikenim.
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:
n73028449988n
GKS Reference Number:
15958