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mkamaa
mkamaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND nmakmaa;
>3sCCONJ mekmaat;
>2sIMP mkam; 1 seize something from smb., snatch something from smb., take sth. from smb. by force. Gmaapii dash wgii-mkamaagoon bezhig shkiniigkwen niw wgwiiwzensman.
>In time, however, a certain young woman took her young man away from her. AM1937.rs. Giw dash nishnaabeg gaa-mji-zhiwebzijig gii-kamwaawaad iw sa pii beskaabiinid, gii-gkendmawaawaan maa naa iw sa niibwa go gegoo bmiwdoonid, mii-sh gii-nsaawaad niw miinwaa gii-mkamaawaad iw bemwidoonpan.
>And the Indians who did evil lay in wait for them to return, and indeed they knew that they were carrying lots of things, so they killed them and took away what they were carrying. AK1976.rs. Gii-gchi-n'kweweshkawaan oodi niwin biijbooznit, gii-mkamaat niwin puck-on, gii-oo-biindgeweb'aget.
>He knocked him back as that guy was skating this way, took the puck away from him, and went and scored. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: makam.