maamkaadendam
Definition:
be amazed, be astonished, be surprised
Body
maamkaadendam
>vai comm.
>1sIND nmaamkaadendam;
>3sCCONJ myaamkaadendang; 1 be amazed, be astonished, be surprised. Ge sa ge naa maamkaadendmoog wadi giwi bi-dgoshninid, oosan, gashwan.
>Those people, including his father and mother, were really surprised that he had reached there. SO1971.rs. Enwek-s naa gii-maamkaadendam wa bebaa-mzinaazged.
>Well that one taking pictures was pretty amazed [because the weather seemed to know when the Indians were eating and when they wanted to dance]. FF1975.rs.
>Full-vowel form: maamakaadendam.
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:
n71429151465n
GKS Reference Number:
17345