gnimaa

Definition: maybe, might, perhaps, appear so, seem

gnimaa
>av comm. 1 maybe, might, perhaps, appear so, seem. Aabdek sa naa gnamaa.
>Hopefully. MC2011.cs. Gnimaa aw mdimooyenh gga-shamgonaan.
>Maybe that old woman will feed us. AM1937.rs. Gnimaa gaa wii nokiisiidig.
>It appears that he is not working. AM1937.rs. Nga-nsaa na, gnimaa gegoo iw gaawiin geyaabi gegoo ji-zhi-gshkihewzisig."
>Am I to kill him, or perhaps something so that he no longer has any power." AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: gonimaa.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Adverb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73029114020n
GKS Reference Number: 16051
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