maaddema
Definition:
start crying, start to cry
Body
maaddema
>vai comm.
>1sIND nmaaddem;
>3sCCONJ myaaddemot; 1 start crying, start to cry. Mii dash gii-maajdemod aw gwiiwzens mii dash gaa-god niw doodooman, "Gego mwiken, wii-znagad iw ji-nshikewziyan."
>And the boy started to cry so his mother said to him, "Don't cry, it'll be hard if you should be alone." AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: maadademA.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Verb
Animate intransitive verb
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n71429063997n
GKS Reference Number:
17222