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Definition: forbid smb., tell smb. to not do something, warn smb. [not to do something]

gna'mawaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ngin’amwaa;
>3sCCONJ gen’amwaat;
>2sIMP gna’maw; 1 forbid smb., tell smb. to not do something, warn smb. [not to do something]. Gesge naa wdaano-gnahmawaan wiijkiwenyan wii-bwaa-mwaanid niwi, gaa sa giiwenh go maamda.
>He really tried to persuade his friend not to eat it, but he couldn't. SO1971.rs. Gii-gnahmawaan niw gwisan gaa wii nkwetwaasig niw bi-ggwejmigod mandaagninwan iw ji-zhwenmigod.
>He warned his son not to accept the elegant man if he should come and offer to bless him. AM1937.rs. Mii sa iwidi giiwedinong ningii-ginahamaagoog wii-izhaayaan.
>But there in the north they had warned me not to go to it. AW1941.rn.
>Full-vowel form: ginahamaw.

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: n7302917439n

GKS Reference Number: 15990

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