miinaa
Definition:
give something to smb.
Body
miinaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND nmiinaa;
>3sCCONJ maanaat;
>2sIMP miish; 1 give something to smb.. Mii dash gii-miinaad aw nishnaabe niw bkwezhganan.
>And the Indian gave them some bread. AK1976.rs. Semaan gii-miinaawag giw kiwenziinyag gaa-bi-zhaajig.
>The old men who had come were given tobacco. AK1976.rs. Mii maa naa pii iw gaa-maadseg iw treaty gaa-nji-miinndwaa niw zhoon'yaan.
>That was the time when the treaty started, that's why they were given those coins. AK1976.rs.
>Full-vowel form: miiN.
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:
n71429680506n
GKS Reference Number:
17916