gtaamgot

Definition: be powerful, be potent

gtaamgot
>vii LH
>3sCCONJ gwetaamgok; 1 be terrible weather, be a storm. Mii dash gchi-gtaamgok mii-sh gii-gnabaasninig iw jiimaanwaa mii dash gii-gbwanaabaagwewaad, mii dash gaa-nji-wiijheyaawaad maaba gwiiwzens niw ookmisan.
>And there was a great storm and it capsized their boat and they drowned, and that's why this boy was staying with his grandmother. AK1976.rs. 2 be powerful, be potent. Ngii-noondwaaba aw bezhig kiwenziinh iw dbaajdang gye wii sa gekendang wiikwebjigan ezhi-gtaamgodnig.
>I once heard a certain old man tell of the love medicine for which he knew the formula, and of how powerful it was. AM1937.rs.
>Full-vowel form: gotaamigOd.

Languages: Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech: Verb Inanimate intransitive verb
Source of term: Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID: n73030627364n
GKS Reference Number: 16322
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