ninmawaa

Definition: hand something to smb., pass something to smb.

ninmawaa
>vta comm.
>1sIND ndinnamwaa;
>3sCCONJ ennamwaat;
>2sIMP ninmaw; 1 hand something to smb., pass something to smb.. 'Gaawiin,' gii-kida aanawii-kwejmak wii-bi-ninmawit wi bkwaakot.
>He said, 'No!' when I tried to ask him to hand me the ball. MC2005.cs.
>Full-vowel form: ininamaw.

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: n71432976363n
GKS Reference Number: 20298
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