nnaamdabi
Definition:
sit a while, sit and sit, sit around
Body
nnaamdabi
>vai comm.
>1sIND nnaamdap;
>3sCCONJ nenaamdabit; 1 sit a while, sit and sit, sit around. Gii-kawe-nnaamdabi zhiwi bkekna.
>So he stopped and sat down for a bit by the side of the road. FF1975.rs. 2 sit (with plural subjects, especially first person plural). Niidgemaagan nnanaamdabmi biindig wiigwaaming.
>My wife and I sat inside the house. AM1937.rs. Nnanaamdabmi maa miizhshkoonskaag, nnoondwaanaanig dash bneshiinyag ngamwaad.
>We (exc.) sat a while there in the grass, and we heard the birds singing. AM1937.rs.
>Grammar note: This is a reduplicated form of the verb <nish>nmadbi</nish>.
>Full-vowel form: [na]naamadabi.
Languages:
Nishnaabemwin (Odawa/Eastern Ojibwe)
Part of speech:
Verb
Animate intransitive verb
Source of term:
Mary Ann Corbiere and Rand Valentine, Dictionary of Nishnabewin Database, publication pending (2015).
Unique ID:
n71433648324n
GKS Reference Number:
20449