menshimaa

Definition: put smb. in his place with a retort

menshimaa
>vta
>1sIND nmenshimaa;
>3sCCONJ myenshimaat;
>2sIMP menshim; 1 put smb. in his place with a retort 'Aaniish giin da-nnaawtooyin, gechi-n'gachtoone,' ndi-naa. Ngichi-menshimaa.
>Why don't you fix it then, if you're so good at it,' I says to him. I sure put him down. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: menishim.

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: n73032818349n
GKS Reference Number: 17796
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