gnabenmaa
Definition:
find smb. a serious challenger, take smb. as a serious challenger
Body
gnabenmaa
>vta
>1sIND ndoo-gnabenmaa;
>3sCCONJ e-gnabenmaat;
>2sIMP gnabenim; 1 find smb. a serious challenger, take smb. as a serious challenger. Gaa go na gnigenh ngii-gnabenmig-sii gii-maanenmak cribbage.
>He didn't find me a serious challenge at all when I took him on in cribbage. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: ganabenim.
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:
n73029032114n
GKS Reference Number:
16008