mwaa
Definition:
eat sth. (an.)
Body
mwaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ndamwaa;
>3sCCONJ emwaat;
>2sIMP mon; 1 eat sth. (an.). Waawaabganoojiinsag gdamwaag.
>You eat mice. ER1991.rs. "Gaa wii maaba gdaa-mwaasii."
>"You shouldn't eat it." SO1971.rs. Bzhishig go giigoonh nwii-mwaanaan.
>We (excl.) will eat nothing but fish. AM1937.rs. Gaawii maamdaa pie wii-mwak; zaam go naa zhaazhi nbaapaagaakshkine.
>I can't eat the pie; I'm much too stuffed already. MC2005.cs.
>Partner: miijin
>vti.
>Full-vowel form: amw.
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:
n71430563162n
GKS Reference Number:
18721