gwaab'amwaa

Definition: draw water for smb.

gwaab'amwaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ndagwaaba’mwaa, ngwaab’amwaa;
>3sCCONJ egwaab’amwaat;
>2sIMP gwaab’amaw; 1 draw water for smb.. Aanii-sh mii sa gii-gwaabhamwaad, ninmawaad; miinwaa go gmaapiich, mii go miinwaa.
>He went and got him a dipper of water and handed it to him; and after a while he did it again, and still again. SO1971.rs.
>Full-vowel form: gwaabahamaw.

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: n73031628142n
GKS Reference Number: 16389
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