godaas
Definition:
dress
Body
godaas
>ni comm
>loc godaasing;
>pl godaasan; 1 dress. Gaa-dgoshnaang odi waa-dzhi-mwizyaang, mii dash ezhid aw kwe, "Giiskan iw ggoodaas, gga-goodoon dash maa mtigoonsing."
>When we arrived there where we were going to pick berries, this woman said to me, "Take off your dress, you are to hang it here on a bush." AK1976.rs. Miinwaa gii-giishpnadoon iw bagoowyaan ji-zhitmaagooyaan iw shki-goodaas.
>And she bought some material so that a new dress could be made for me. AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: ågodaas.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Noun
Inanimate noun
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Related Heritage Item:
dress, girls
Unique ID:
n73029215031n
GKS Reference Number:
16119